.BAK file

[quasifun]

Is there a way to save the .bak files in a separate folder than the dwg files in ACAD2007LT?

[Alan Cullen]

Reset here:

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[PS_Port]

quasi, I think alans method will only change the auto-save (.sv$) file location not the .bak file.
personally I have hardly ever had to use the .bak file as it is not current or as up-to-date as the temporary backup file.
What do you do with your .bak files ?:)

[beammeup]

I believe your right and that only changes your autosave path. in looking at autocad help ISAVEBAK variable can be set to 0 which doesn't create a .bak file I found nothing about being able to set the path differently.

[Alan Cullen]

If I do a Qsave on a drawing, the .bak file is saved to the same folder as the drawing. That, to me, is where it should be saved.

[Mr Cory]

I agree but I spose if they were all in the same folder it would be quicker to browse to them. :?

[quasifun]

I don't use the bak files at all. They are just in the way. I felt that if I saved them to a separate folder they'd be out of the way. Turning them off is just as good.
Thanks.

[Strix]

don't the .baks disappear if you have your hidden folders hidden?

[rkmcswain]

Is there a way to save the .bak files in a separate folder than the dwg files in ACAD2007LT?

Not in LT, as far as I know.
In full AutoCAD, with express tools installed, you can use the MOVEBAK command.

[beammeup]

I find that it is just one of things in autocad. I save periodically anyway and keep my SAVETIME at 10 therefore I have two options if we have a power glitch or whatever. This has saved my bacon more than once. I do however go into projects and periodically clean out old baks as it can take up a lot of server space after a while with a lot of large drawings with images, etc...

[rkmcswain]

I find that it is just one of things in autocad. I save periodically anyway and keep my SAVETIME at 10 therefore I have two options if we have a power glitch or whatever. This has saved my bacon more than once. I do however go into projects and periodically clean out old baks as it can take up a lot of server space after a while with a lot of large drawings with images, etc...

.SV$ files? Never use.

But BAK files can save you way down the road.
I would push for more storage and never delete them.
Disk storage is cheap.

You can save a DWG today, delete the BAK file in 6 months, then try to open the DWG a year later and what do you do if it's corrupt? If you had the BAK, it may be OK.

[beammeup]

true enough... point taken.... unfortunately with 100+ people we can fill them pretty quickly and unfortunately IT is cheap!
I use the .sv$ quite a bit as I get booted out of Land desktop frequently, hatching large areas, creating large surfaces (tins) and using large images. I find most of the time that is more current than my .bak. I try to remember to do a QSAVE before I think autocad will crash but sometime we forget. I clean my temp file pretty regularly so I still rely on the bak. too