AutoCad drawings can be saved as (or converted to?) WMF (Windows metafile) and/or JPEG files and viewed in the freebee Windows viewer program.
To configure your workstation to open specific file extension types to open into a preferred program, (in Windows) go t o Control Panel>File Options>File Types. It's pretty straight forward from there.
Annie
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Annie Van Assche
Associate Trainer
Gallery Systems
261 W. 35th St., 12th Floor
New York, NY 10001
Tel (646) 733-2239 x 224
Fax (646) 733-2259
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From: The Museum System (TMS) Users [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of David Armstrong
Sent: July 30, 2008 2:58 PM
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Subject: Re: Digital objects (software)
That is my recollection as well. If you right-click on the media it presents the option to "Open with external viewer." That will launch whatever viewer the operating system has associated with the file type.
In the case of AutoCAD files, licensing might provide problematic. My only experience with AutoCAD has been with the full version and each license is quite expensive. There may be some less expensive viewer software that will allow the end users to view the documents.
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From: The Museum System (TMS) Users [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Chad Petrovay
Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 11:53 AM
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Subject: Re: Digital objects (software)
I'm remembering vaguely Dimitry mentioning that there is a way to create a Media Type and then specify which external (non-TMS) application should launch when you select a media rendition of that type.
Chad M Petrovay
Collections Database Administrator
The Walters Art Museum
600 North Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21210
P: 410.547.9000 x266
F: 410.837.4846
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Exhibitions:
Sonya Clark: Loose Strands, Tight Knots through September 21
Faces of Ancient Arabia: The Giraud and Carolyn Foster Collection of South Arabian Art on view July 20-September 7
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From: The Museum System (TMS) Users [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Judith Scheiber \\ eoj
Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 10:56 AM
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We are using TMS Media Module also as an Archive for our University and have students work (video or audio files) and of course thousands of digital images and documents (pdfs) and publish them also on our emuseum ( http://sammlungen-archive.zhdk.ch) We use standards as quicktime movie and mp3 as media formats. To archive software which is created by students of Arts&Media is still an unsolved problem because we cannot "deliver" the environment required to run the software out of TMS.
Judith Scheiber Dahou
TMS System Manager
Museum of Design Zurich
University of Arts & Design Zurich
www.zhdk.ch
www.museum-gestaltung.ch
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Von: The Museum System (TMS) Users [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Im Auftrag von Chad Petrovay
Gesendet: Dienstag, 29. Juli 2008 21:08
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Thankfully our collection predates A/V media as art, so we have not had to address many of these issues. However, we did borrow hardware and software for a recent exhibition. We treated these as a physical object, attached it to loans and printed receipts, but we never attached the "electronic object" using the media module, etc.
We may need to readdress this policy, once we start adding out archives to TMS (Here's some irony for you: I added TMS records for a series of backup tape-disks for our ARGUS database prior to transferring them to the archives)
Chad M Petrovay
Collections Database Administrator
The Walters Art Museum
600 North Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21210
P: 410.547.9000 x266
F: 410.837.4846
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www.thewalters.org <http://www.thewalters.org/>
Exhibitions:
Sonya Clark: Loose Strands, Tight Knots through September 21
Faces of Ancient Arabia: The Giraud and Carolyn Foster Collection of South Arabian Art on view July 20-September 7
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From: The Museum System (TMS) Users [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Martin, Jeffrey
Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 2:07 PM
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Subject: Re: Digital objects (software)
I would add a related question: whether anyone is using TMS to track digital files that are part of accessioned artworks-for example, a QuickTime file that is part of a video. We are beginning to deal with this kind of digital object but haven't come up with a definitive plan.
Jeff Martin
Research Fellow
Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden
Washington, DC
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From: The Museum System (TMS) Users [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Luc Bissonnette
Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 2:07 PM
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Subject: Digital objects (software)
Bonjour,
One of our curators send me this question.
Does your institution use TMS to describe and manage software that are to be used to "read" digital files? If yes, how do you describe the software in TMS? We are thinking of software like AutoDesk Maya and AutoCAD. We are actually working on a digital 3D architectural archives. In our conservation strategies, we plan to store software used to open 3D files at the same level than the 3D files. Please not that the software it is not a part of the 3D archives we have received but it is definitely indispensable to have and to keep the software accessible to ensure the access of the 3D archives.
Thank you for your help.
Romain Guedj
Restaurateur / Service à la collection
Centre Canadien d'Architecture
1920, rue Baile, Montréal H3H 2S6
tel: 514 939 7000 (1204)
Luc Bissonnette
Bibliothécaire des systèmes/Systems Librarian
Centre Canadien d'Architecture/Canadian Center for Architecture
Montréal, Québec
H3H 2S6
Téléphone: 514-939-7001 #2616
Télécopieur: 514-939-7020
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