Kurpulio Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 Hello, i got this problem I used this drawing, and suddenly most of its content disappeared On the file's preview picture in explorer it still shows the full content (6 white rectangles are 6 images of drawings) But when i open it, it only shows 1 old one on the left I uploaded the drawing here https://easyupload.io/xt3qd7 https://filebin.net/qhl4svr2pxffyz1v Anyone has any idea what could have happened, and if its maybe possible to restore it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyberAngel Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 I've seen this happen before. If you use the Undo command while in the block editor, it can wipe out most or all of your drawing. Other bugs are possible, of course. The best remedy is to rename your .BAK file as a .DWG and hope that you didn't save after this incident. If possible, you can restore the file from a system backup; you may have to do some work over, but that's better than starting from scratch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurpulio Posted October 26, 2020 Author Share Posted October 26, 2020 (edited) Thanks. I tried rename the .bak, but it was the same also. Whats super strange is that based on file size it should contain everything I mean its 9+ MB, while an older version of the drawing is 3MB, an it appears to have more content Is it possible its in the file but somehow hidden? Edited October 26, 2020 by Kurpulio Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtkell Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 You should see if the most recent Autosave file has what you are looking for. Check your File support path in Options for your Autosave location and hope it is more recent than the .bak file. Rename the extension of the autosave file to .dwg and you will see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven-g Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 Try the 'RECOVER' command worked for me so that stuff must have been somewhere. elektronika1(1).dwg 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ammobake Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 Recover command should work. But you can manually check for files. By default, the autosave file location is in appdata/local/temp on your user account. You can confirm the location in options, automatic safe file location. The default looks something like... C:\Users\yourusername\AppData\Local\Temp\ And also remember if you turn layers OFF or freeze them in block editor (either on purpose or unintentionally) they will remain in that state when you exit the block editor. That could explain the missing content as well. -Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dana W Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 4 hours ago, steven-g said: Try the 'RECOVER' command worked for me so that stuff must have been somewhere. elektronika1(1).dwg 9.61 MB · 1 download Don't miss downloading this one from steven-g, It is fixed, unless you've already found that RECOVER saved you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dana W Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 4 hours ago, steven-g said: Try the 'RECOVER' command worked for me so that stuff must have been somewhere.elektronika1(1).dwg9.61 MB · 1 download Wait, how does that work on a different computer? I just came up baffled. Wherever the stuff was must have been inside the dwg file. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven-g Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 8 hours ago, Dana W said: Wait, how does that work on a different computer? I just came up baffled. Wherever the stuff was must have been inside the dwg file. Yeah baffled me too. That stuff isn't 'hidden' anywhere in the original file (well it obviously is) but not off in space or on frozen layers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurpulio Posted October 28, 2020 Author Share Posted October 28, 2020 Thank you all! And thank god for this Recover command really a mistery what happened here 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dana W Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 (edited) On 10/27/2020 at 2:13 AM, steven-g said: Yeah baffled me too. That stuff isn't 'hidden' anywhere in the original file (well it obviously is) but not off in space or on frozen layers. Maybe something in the original file got corrupted and was jambing up in a REGEN between "blank the screen" and "refresh the screen". I've seen similar back in my interactive business applications* programming days. *translated to APPS for you millenials. Edited October 29, 2020 by Dana W 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven-g Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 @Dana W Hehe I remember the days when people talked in full sentences and not 3 and 4 letter abreviations LOL 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dana W Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 On 10/29/2020 at 12:30 PM, steven-g said: @Dana W Hehe I remember the days when people talked in full sentences and not 3 and 4 letter abreviations LOL IDK what yr saying bc IDK how to read punctuation. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wouter Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 Same experience here, we solved it by 'audit', fix errors = Yes, and then 'regen'. then the drawing appeared again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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