Virtual Surveyor directly integrates with Dropbox, OneDrive, and SharePoint. Once these cloud services are set up on your computer, they appear alongside your local and network file locations. This means your cloud files are automatically accessible in the Virtual Surveyor apps. The result is a seamless and cost-efficient workflow that lets you access your files from anywhere and collaborate effortlessly with your team.
Overview
- Streamlined Cloud Integration and Storage Locations
- Benefits of Cloud Integration
- Related Video
- Tips and Tricks
Streamlined Cloud Integration and Storage Locations
Use the Cloud Storage Systems You Already Use
Streamlined Cloud Integration. Both Virtual Surveyor apps (Terrain Creator and Virtual Surveyor) use supported cloud storage systems.
Cloud storage is very simple to use. The cloud service(s) you are using on your computer is automatically available in the Virtual Surveyor app. Once you set up the supported Cloud Locations in File Explorer, they will be accessible in both the Virtual Surveyor and Terrain Creator apps. It really is that simple.
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Compatible Cloud Storage Locations
The following cloud service apps are currently supported and automatically available in Virtual Surveyor apps:
 | OneDrive |
 | SharePoint |
 | Dropbox |
Benefits of Working from Cloud Locations
Synchronize Your Files
The cloud service synchronization apps manage access to the files you need and moves projects that you don’t frequently use back to your cloud space to save memory on your local machine. They help streamline your file management process. The synchronization apps:
- Downloads what you need on command so you can work on files locally.
- Uploads any changes you make to files on your local machine.
- Frees up memory by moving unused files back to the cloud.
Data Follows You
OneDrive and personal Dropbox files automatically appear in File Explorer once you have downloaded the sync app for each respective cloud service. You can access all your data on these sync apps from anywhere:
- Access your projects on any computer you login to with your Virtual Surveyor ID.
- Recent projects are quickly accessible from any computer and can opened from any synced cloud location.
Desktop (in the office) | Laptop (on the go) |
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Collaborate in Teams
You can collaborate in teams through cloud software and access files with other team members across devices through the use of team folders.
What is a team folder? A team folder is a shared workspace that is specifically designed for group collaboration. Unlike a regular personal folder that belongs to a single user, a Team Folder is set up and managed at the administrative organizational or team level.
How collaboration works. In a team folder, you'll need a person with admin rights that can manage access for team members on specific folders. If you save a project file to a cloud location that you have allowed others to use within a cloud service (Dropbox or OneDrive/SharePoint), a team member can access that Virtual Surveyor or Terrain Creator project file—along with any terrain files that go with it—on their own computer using their Virtual Surveyor ID.
Share Externally
As an additional bonus of using Cloud Locations to store your project files, you can use your cloud service provider to share your Virtual Surveyor and Terrain Creator project files externally (with other Virtual Surveyor users outside of your company/organization). You can also share any exported .dxf, .csv, and other exported files from Virtual Surveyor with others outside of your organization.
How to share externally. To share files externally, simply go to File Explorer and access a Cloud Location from there. Then use right-click to access the share menu and send project or exported files to others from there.
Share Externally with Dropbox
Share Externally with OneDrive
Related Video
Tips and Tricks
- You can use Favorite Locations to gain quick access to project files on the cloud that you regularly work from.
- Use Copy Terrains to place all project files in a shared folder. This ensures your team members don’t run into problems when opening a project from the shared folder without having access to the terrain files it references.