How TubeCAD Handles Data Storage for Multiple User Logins

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This is a technical description designed for system administrators and IT personnel.

Multiple User Account Handling For Versions Released in 2014 and Later

This method of handling multiple accounts applies to these versions:

• TubeCAD Pro v8.4 - January 11, 2016
• TubeCAD Pro v8.3 - July 9, 2015
• TubeCAD Pro v8-20141217

In these versions, TubeCAD stores all configuration data in the c:\ProgramData\tcadpro folder.

This is a folder that is equally shared by all users. Storing files there allows TubeCAD to be setup once for use by all users who log in into Windows with unique credentials. There is no longer any need for setting up TubeCAD for each user like in previous versions.

Multiple User Account Handling For Versions Released in 2013

THIS METHOD OF MULTI-USER ACCOUNT HANDLING IS NOW OBSOLETE.

This method of handling multiple accounts applies to these versions:

• TubeCAD Pro v8-20131112
• TubeCAD Pro v8-20130729
• TubeCAD Pro v8-20130701
• TubeCAD Pro v8-20130605
• TubeCAD Pro v8-20130304

These versions allow for installation on Windows setups that use multiple users with different login names. TubeCAD can now properly handle unique configurations for each user by starting with a copy of common starting configuration files.

Previous installations required that the installer be logged into Windows as the user name that will use the computer with TubeCAD. The problem then was that, when logging on as a different user, TubeCAD would lose track of the configuration files.

The method described below follows the Microsoft-suggested method of handling program data for multi-user logins for Windows from Vista and newer (Examples: Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8)

TubeCAD Starts with Common Setup Data for All Users

The TubeCAD installation program installs an initial set of common configuration files for all users.

Use an administration login to install the initial TubeCAD.

In Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8, and Windows 10, these files are stored in c:\ProgramData\tcadpro

What Happens When TubeCAD is Used For a New User the First Time

In this multi-user environment, you will eventually log in under other user names to use TubeCAD. When TubeCAD is run the first time for any user log in, the common configuration files are copied to that user's private folder structure (also called a "namespace").

The folder is assigned like this: c:\users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\tcadpro

Note: The common configuration folders and files are only copied when the same folders and files do not already exist in the user's private folder.

Where Each User's Part Data is Stored Initially

The bender and measuring center files are stored in Documents\tcadpro.

If these folders and the sample files in them do not exist when tcadpro starts, then TubeCAD will copy initial starting part files from the common folder.

Note: The common set of initial user's data are only copied from the common setup folder when the same folders and files do not already exist in the user's private Documents folder.

TubeCAD Project Path Assigned Inside TubeCAD Initially

TubeCAD will also automatically assign the same private Documents location as the default project file storage path for each bender inside the TubeCAD File menu.

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