Carbide Create on two computers

[NewToThis (Peter)]

I’m not sure if this is a good idea or not, but I use my desktop iMac to design my projects, but run CM from my MacBook Air. From time to time I need to make minor changes to the design, but do this on the Air rather than traipsing through the house.

Obviously the program’s folders are installed on each machine, but I was wondering if the files in the Tools folder of the Data Directory can be copied from the iMac to the respective folder in the Air?

Thanks

[WillAdams (William Adams (Carbide 3D))]

Yes, that should work, the Tools library files are CSV files which should be cross-platform — some folks have worked up a network scheme which synchs them on two separate computers.

[NewToThis (Peter)]

@WillAdams

some folks have worked up a network scheme which synchs them on two separate computers.

That was going to be my next question!

I’ve saved all my projects on a NAS drive, but was wondering if the *.ini file (usually used by Windows) is editable so the applications look at a common folder for the configuration files?

Thanks again.

[WillAdams (William Adams (Carbide 3D))]

The .ini file isn’t supposed to be editable — I’m pretty sure the paths are hard-coded, you’ll need to either modify your folder settings to make this a shared folder on the network or synch the file.

[NewToThis (Peter)]

Thanks @WillAdams

I’ll do that

[RichCournoyer (Richard Cournoyer)]

I also have the same setup and had the same question/concern about 5 years ago; @ApolloCrowe suggested that I use DropBox to move my files. That was before AirDrop and Google Drive (which are two other methods of sending files to other computers). PS Works awesome.

[gobees (Al)]

i use a mac at my desk and a microsoft surface tablet in the shop. I was wondering about similar things and just decided to share / synch using google drive.

[NewToThis (Peter)]

I share the network drive on both computers, so I save the *.c2d and associated *.nc files, then (subject to an editing) run the *.nc file from the Air.

It works OK, but it would be nice if both applications run from the same *.ini file, but I understand the issues because, if the application is open on one computer, the *.ini file becomes read only, so any changes made would either crash the program or corrupt the *.ini, possibly leading to further problems.