Install Land F/X (Cloud Data) on a Shared Online Folder Using a Service Such as Dropbox, Google Drive, Box, Egnyte, Panzura, or Amazon Drive

Step 1: Prerequisites

To complete this installation, you will need:

Your Land F/X Support ID*.

*You or your office will have received your Support ID in an email from Land F/X.

Dropbox, Sugarsync, Google Drive, or another online folder application installed on your computer. Our software will not function correctly with Carbonite, Microsoft OneDrive, or Microsoft's Distributed File System (DFS).

You'll also need to know the location of the online folder on your computer. You'll install our software in this folder. Need help finding the shared folder? Ask your IT administrator.

A single office or home computer that already has a compatible CAD engine and DOES NOT already have our software on a server.

Step 2: Download the installer

Right-click the F/X Installer download link below.

Select "Save Target As" or "Save Link As" from the menu that appears, and save the file to your desktop.
The installer is quite a large piece of software. Please allow 5 to 10 minutes for the download to complete.

Step 3: Install Land F/X on your shared online folder

3A. Go to your desktop, and locate the file setup_FXServer_cloud.exe if you saved it there. If you clicked the link directly, this file will likely be in your Downloads folder.

Double-click the setup_FXServer_cloud.exe file, and proceed through the installation steps, paying special attention to the screens pictured below..

3B. Enter your Support ID* when prompted. You can simply copy and paste it into the text field.

*You or your office will have received your Support ID in an email from Land F/X.

"The Wizard was interrupted"

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3C. File Location and License Terms

During the File Location and License Terms step, you'll set a folder path on your shared online folder where your Land F/X data and projects will be stored.

 

Click Browse and browse to your shared online location.

The Land F/X installer will only accept a local location as the destination, meaning if you're trying to install to a mapped drive that is not a physical drive on the system, it will not allow the installation to proceed. In these situations, you will need to install to a local drive and then move the LandFX folder to your destination of choice after the install completes.

 

 

3D. Navigate to the location on your shared folder where you want to store your LandFX folder, then click Select Folder or OK.

We recommend storing the LandFX folder directly on the shared folder. This example shows how to install our software on Dropbox. When you install Dropbox, it creates a Dropbox folder in your user path at C:/Users/(Your Username)/Dropbox – where (Your Username) represents your actual username on your computer. We'll navigate to this folder in our example. More information on the LandFX folder

 

3E. You might see a message that A 'LandFX' folder does not exist in the chosen destination. Create one there?

 

If so, click Yes.

3F. You should now see the intended location of the LandFX folder in the text field.

 

Check the box to agree with the License terms and conditions, then click Next when finished.

3G. F/X Server has been successfully installed

Click Close.

Step 4: Map your shared LandFX folder to a letter drive

4A. Download our Land F/X Drive Mapper tool.

Right-click the link below, and select Save As or Save Target As from the menu. Save the file to your desktop or Downloads folder.

4B. Double-click the LandFXDriveMap.exe file you just downloaded.

4C. Browse to and select the LandFX folder in your shared online location. (This example shows a LandFX folder on Dropbox.)

 

Click OK.

4D. Open the pull-down list and select the drive letter you want to use (example: L).

 

Then click Map.

 

Your LandFX folder will be mapped to a letter drive automatically.

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Power Tip: Configuring Your Shared Online Folder

4E. On each Land F/X workstation in your network, ensure that the LandFX folder is set to be available for offline use or stored at all times on the local computer.

This setting and specific instructions will vary depending on the the provider you choose to host your F/X Server installation, so check with your vendor for the appropriate steps.

Step 5: Configure your workstations for F/X CAD or AutoCAD

You'll now set up the workstations in your office to use Land F/X with either AutoCAD or F/X CAD.

If you're prompted to Enter the name of the Land F/X Data Server, type landfx.com in the text box.

Step 6: Repeat Steps 4 & 5 from every CAD workstation in your office

This step will configure all your office's CAD workstations to read the LandFX folder on the shared folder.

What's next?

Our extensive Learning Resources section includes everything you need to know about our software, with resources ranging from instructional articles to short Power Tip videos, in-depth webinars, and more.

• Go to our Learning Resources page.
• View our three-part webinar series for Land F/X beginners to learn what Land F/X is, how it works, why it’s such a valuable design tool, and much more.
• Browse our documentation section.