thomashubba19 Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 I have a .dwg file that i can not open. I opend Autocad and did a recover and still can not access the Drawing File. The system does not have a saved file How can I recover the bad .dwg file.???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven-g Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 Is there a .bak that isn't too old, that may be your easiest option, did your system crash? there may be an automatic backup file if you have that option enabled, look at the support path for automatic backups which should be listed under - options - files - automatic save file location - probably something like C:Users\username\Appdata\Local\Temp\Filename.sv$ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 Try to insert the damaged drawing into a new one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dana W Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 I have a .dwg file that i can not open.I opend Autocad and did a recover and still can not access the Drawing File. The system does not have a saved file How can I recover the bad .dwg file.???? Are you trying to open the generated xxxxxxxxxRECOVER.dwg? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cad64 Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 ReMark, doesn't this question seem very familiar? A guy with a file that's damaged and can't be recovered? It seems that this question, or a variation of it, is being posted quite a lot on every CAD forum lately. I'm waiting for RichardPark to show up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 Why yes it does. The latest one was by someone who called themselves WalterKalb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nukecad Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Yes; getting the same questions, from the same guy(s), using the same usernames, over at cadeverything; they're just advertising their recovery software. This one makes it the fourth time in the last few months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobDraw Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 they're just advertising their recovery software. I don't see any software being promoted here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 The recovery software is pushed in the trumped up "response" which comes later and usually written by the same person. I've seen it at a couple of other websites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigrobert73 Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 You can try one of the various file recovery softwares to see if it turns up anything recently deleted. After that you should get in the habit of keeping backups. If it's an issue of corruption, it's unlikely that you will be able to do anything. The similar question was discussed here: http://autocadtips.wordpress.com/2012/10/17/recover-a-drawing/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.