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Local

15fa1769fe44a22d5765b2976c407eda - Dwg Fastview Interface-file Tab Click the File tab, in this page, there are two tabs, Local and Cloud Service. You can browse, edit, and manage local drawings offline via your mobile device.

Local

It displays all files saved in your device. Related operations Batch operations: Tap “Edit”on the top right corner of this page, you could select files or folders in current page and do batch operations as follow shown: Upload：you could upload selected files in this page to your logged in Dropbox (Folders could not be uploaded). Operation Steps: (1) Tap “Edit”on the top right corner of this page;； (2) Select files to upload; (3) Tap “Upload”; (4) Select the account where do you want to upload; (5) Select the location(you could tap “New Folder” to create a new folder if necessary); (6) Tap “Ok” to finish uploading. Move/Copy： you could move/copy one or more files to any other location. Operation steps: (1) Tap “Edit” on the top right corner of this page; (2) Select files to move/copy; (3) Tap “Move/Copy”; (4) Select the location(you could tap “New Folder” to create a new folder if necessary); (5) Tap “Ok” to finish moving/copying. Delete：delete selected files. Tap “Edit” again to cancel selection. Filter: filter files by formats. Sort: sort files by name, time, size, or type. New Folder: create a new file folder in current page. Search: Search files in current page. Thumbnail: files display in thumbnail mode. List: files display in list mode. Path: display current file path. Tap on folder name in file path to open this file folder. Detail: display the detail information, including file name, type, size, location, time, and other related operation, such as Share, Upload, Rename, Delete, Favorite, Move, and Copy. Tap “Open” button on the right top corner to open the file. Tap: tap on file to open it. Long Press: after long pressing on file it displays all related operations, such as Share, Upload, Favorite, Rename, Move, Copy, Delete, Detail, and Cancel. Pull-down: pull-down to refresh the file list.

Cloud Service

 

  1. Choose Cloud Service

Currently,the Dropbox, OneDrive, OneDrive for Business, Google Drive, Box, and WebDAV are available. You could log in cloud service account, browse, and download files from cloud service storage; and you could freely upload or download files between the local and cloud service storage.

2. Add Cloud Service

Dropbox Steps for binding your dropbox account: Step 1: for the first time, you should bind your Dropbox account. Click the “Cloud” button and select “Dropbox”. Step 2: correctly fill in information and tap “Sign in and Link”; Step 3: it prompts to allow the application to access your related information. You should tap “allow” to finish binding your dropbox account. Steps to upload and download files: Step 1: login your Dropbox account by PC or mobile client, files saved in Dropbox automatically synchronize to new bound Dropbox account. Step 2: start DWG FastView and enter your Dropbox account, you can download a file by tapping it. It displays a green symbol behind file name after downloaded. OneDrive Steps for binding your OneDrive account: Step 1: for the first time, you should bind your OneDrive account. Click“Login” behind “OneDrive”. Step 2: correctly fill Email and Password to sign in, it displays “OneDrive” prompt box, tapping “Yes” to authorize accessing your info and finish binding your account. Steps to upload and download files: Step 1: login your OneDrive account from computer or mobile client, files saved in “OneDrive/File” automatically synchronize to the bound account. Step 2: start DWG FastView and enter your OneDrive account, you can download a file by tapping it. It displays a green symbol behind file name after downloaded. OneDrive for Business Steps for binding your OneDrive for Business account: Step 1: for the first time, you should bind your OneDrive for Business account. Click“Login” behind “OneDrive for Business”. Step 2: correctly fill account and password to sign in. Steps to upload and download files: Step 1: login your OneDrive for Business account from computer or mobile client, click“OneDrive”and click “Upload” to upload files to your account. . Step 2: start DWG FastView and enter your OneDrive for Business account, you can download a file by tapping it. It displays a green symbol behind file name after downloaded. Google Drive Steps for binding your Google Drive account: Step 1: for the first time, you should bind your Google Drive account. Click“Login” behind “Google Drive”. Step 2: correctly fill Email and Password to sign in, it displays prompt: Allow DWG FastView to do this? Tap “ALLOW” to authorize accessing your info and finish binding your account.

Steps to upload and download files:

Step 1: login your Google Drive account from computer or mobile client, files saved in Google Drive automatically synchronize to the bound account.. Step 2: start DWG FastView and enter your Google Drive account, you could download files and edit them. Box Steps for binding your Box account: Step 1: for the first time, you should bind your Box account. Click“Login” behind “Box”. Step 2: correctly fill Email and Password, and tap "Authorize" to authorize accessing your info. Tap “Authorize access to Box” and finish binding your account. Steps to upload and download files: Step 1: login your Box account from computer or mobile client, files saved in Box automatically synchronize to the bound account. Step 2: start DWG FastView and enter your Box account, you could download files and edit them.

WebDAV

Step 1: Tap the“Cloud”button and tap“Login” behind“WebDAV” . Step 2: correctly fill in information about server, user name, and password, click “Ok” to complete.

3. Files

Related operations: Batch operations: Tap “Edit”on the top right corner of this page, you could select files in current page and do the following related batch operations: Synchronize: when there is something different between the files in local and in server, you cloud tap “Synchronize” to keep them the same. The newer version will automatically replace the older version. Operation Steps: (1) Tap “Edit” on the top right corner of this page; (2) Select files to synchronize; (3) Tap “Synchronize”; (4) Popping up progress dialog box, when it goes to 100%, synchronizing files finished. You could also cancel it by tapping “Cancel”. Move：you could move one or more files to any other location. Operation steps: (1) Tap “Edit” on the top right corner of this page; (2) Select files to move; (3) Tap “Move”; (4) Select the location(you could tap “New Folder” to create a new folder if necessary); (5) Tap “Ok” to finish moving. Delete: delete selected files. Tap “Edit” again to cancel selection. Filter: filter files by formats. Sort: sort files by name, time, size, or type. New Folder: create a new file folder in current page. Search: Search files in current page. Thumbnail: files display in thumbnail mode. List: files display in list mode. Path: display current file path. Tap on folder name in file path to open this file folder. File status and its tapping operations: ： Red and Synchronize: it means there is something different between files in local and in server. Tap Red and Synchronize button to automatically synchronize them and keep them the same. The newer version will replace the older version. Tap file to open it without synchronizing. Green: it means the file is downloaded from server. The file in local is the same as it in server. Tap file to open it. Gray: it means the file has not downloaded yet. Tap a file to download it. After downloading, the file automatically opened, and the gray button turns to be green button. Yellow: it means the file in local has been modified, and its copy in Cloud Service storage server has been modified separately. Tap on file name to open the local file; and tap on yellow button to synchronize them: move the local file to “Donwnloaded”/ “Confilict” file folder, and download its copy in Cloud Service storage server to local. Long Press: after long pressing on file it displays all related operations, such as Synchronize, Move, Delete, Detail, and Cancel. Pull-down: pull-down to refresh the file list. Log out: tapping “Cloud Service” in file path, it display the logged in Dropbox account. You could tap “Logout” to exit.

4. Offline

When a drawing has been downloaded to local, it becomes an offline file. In this page, it displays all offline files from Cloud Serivce. There is a Conflicted File Folder; files which have conflicts are saved in this folder. Related operations: Batch operations: Tap “Edit”on the top right corner of this page, you could select files in current page and do batch operations as follow shown: Copy: you could copy one or more files to any other location. Operation steps: (1) Tap “Edit” on the top right corner of this page; (2) Select files to copy; (3) Tap “Copy”; (4) Select the location(you could tap “New Folder” to create a new folder if necessary); (5) Tap “Ok” to finish moving. Delete: delete selected files. Tap “Edit” again to cancel selection. Filter: filter files by formats. Sort: sort files by name, time, size, or type. Search: Search files in current page.。 Thumbnail: files display in thumbnail mode. List: files display in list mode. Path: display current file path. Tap on folder name in file path to open this file folder. Detail: display the detail information, including file name, type, size, location, time, and other related operation, such as Share, Delete, Favorite, and Copy. Tap “Open” button on the right top corner to open the file. Tap: tap on file to open it. Long Press: after long pressing on file it displays all related operations, such as Share,Favorite, Copy, Delete, Detail, and Cancel. Pull-down: pull-down to refresh the file list.

Conflicted File Folder

When is there a conflict occurred? (1) you have logged in your Cloud Service in A device and B device via the same account. (2) you have downloaded the same drawing to your two devices separately. (3) You have modified the drawing and saved it in A device, and then you synchronize it to Cloud Service. (4) You have modified the drawing and save it in B device, but you have not synchronize it to Cloud Service. (5) In B device, if you pull-down to refresh or reentry your account, the drawing status becomes to be red. Tap the red button, it prompts a conflict between files in local and in Cloud Service.

How to solve the conflict?

When it prompts a conflict between files in local and in Cloud Service, you could tap “Ok” to continue. The file modified in A device(which has already been uploaded to Cloud Service) will be downloaded to B device, and the file modified in B device will be saved to Conflicted File Folder.

What can I do for conflicted files?

Related operations: Batch operations: Tap “Edit”on the top right corner of this page, you could select files in current page and do batch operations as follow shown: Upload: you could upload selected files in this page to your logged in My Cloud account or Cloud account. Operation Steps: (1) Tap “Edit”on the top right corner of this page; (2) Select files to upload; (3) Tap“Upload” ; (4) Select the account where do you want to upload; (5) Select the location(you could tap“New Folder”to create a new folder if necessary); (6) Tap“Ok”to finish uploading; Move/Copy：you could move/copy one or more files to any other location. Operation steps: (1) Tap “Edit” on the top right corner of this page; (2) Select files to move/copy; (3) Tap “Move/Copy”； (4) Select the location(you could tap “New Folder”to create a new folder if necessary); (5) Tap “Ok” to finish moving/copying. Delete: delete selected files. Tap “Edit” again to cancel selection. Filter: filter files by formats. Sort: sort files by name, time, size, or type. Search: Search files in current page. Thumbnail: files display in thumbnail mode. List: files display in list mode. Path: display current file path. Tap on folder name in file path to open this file folder. Detail: display the detail information, including file name, type, size, location, time, and other related operation, such as Share, Upload, Rename, Delete, Favorite, Move, and Copy. Tap “Open” button on the right top corner to open the file. Tap: tap on file to open it. Long Press: after long pressing on file it displays all related operations, such as Share, Upload, Favorite, Rename, Move, Copy, Delete, Detail, and Cancel. Pull-down: pull-down to refresh the file list. Note: if you have not logged out, but lose the network connection, it displays downloaded files and conflicted files in your cloud Service account.
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