AUTOSAVE command?

[bobsy852]

Ah ok, thought you meant a file repair for the files I work on. I'm with ya now!

Not too sure, the errors arise at random, I've just noticed a pattern between them happening more when using the "I" command to insert blocks or editing/creating layouts.

Fraid not, that's what AutoDesk keeps trying to get me to install but I can't! I wouldnt mind being given admin rights to be honest, then someone in office could do all these updates! They're not difficult to install! And I totally agree with you! It would help me and the other CAD user here a lot more if we could just install these updates etc needed!

[ReMark]

Go to your boss and tell him quite frankly it is becoming a real issue. Your system crashes are costing the company money. Let him deal with IT and you stick to CAD.

[rkmcswain]

How many users even know where to find an autosave file?

 

For those of you who don't click on Options then the Files tab. Scroll down to the entry Automatic Save File Location. Click on the to expand the entry. The default path should look something like this:

 

C:\DOCUME~1\yourcomputernamehere\LOCALS~1\Temp

The default location is your local %temp% directory, which can be easily found by entering %temp% in the address bar of Windows Explorer.

Also, in the path you listed above, it's the user login name, not the computer name in the second part, and Win 7 is an entirely different path (not sure about vista).

But, that is the beauty of environment variables, you don't need to know the login name, the O/S, or anything else about the system in question, just enter %temp% and you will be taken to the right place.

 

Also, in most cases you don't need to know the path to the autosave files if you have RECOVERYMODE set to 1 or 2.

 

 

Also check off the box to Create backup copy with each save

 

Why do you recommend this?

[bobsy852]

Go to your boss and tell him quite frankly it is becoming a real issue. Your system crashes are costing the company money. Let him deal with IT and you stick to CAD.

 

Haha ironically I'm probably better at IT solutions than I am at CAD!

 

The default location is your local %temp% directory, which can be easily found by entering %temp% in the address bar of Windows Explorer.

 

What is the best method for clearing out this temp folder? as looking at mine now it could do with it I think!

Or is it a simply a case of Ctrl+A --> Del?

[RobDraw]

Make sure you close all applications first, then delete away. Hold down the shift key to bypass recycle bin.

[ReMark]

RKM: Thanks for correcting my mistakes.

 

As far as creating bak files it was made solely as "insurance".

[rkmcswain]

RKM: Thanks for correcting my mistakes.

 

As far as creating bak files it was made solely as "insurance".

 

I have seen BAK files save people more often than autosave files.

Also note that autosave files will create a BAK also, and even if you close AutoCAD normally, the autosave BAK files remain.

 

One more note on autosave....

If you want to retain autosave files, regardless if AutoCAD is closed normally or not (not me, but I've seen many people ask), then set up a custom target directory for autosave files and give yourself WRITE access but not DELETE access. More info here.

[bobsy852]

One more note on autosave....

If you want to retain autosave files, regardless if AutoCAD is closed normally or not (not me, but I've seen many people ask), then set up a custom target directory for autosave files and give yourself WRITE access but not DELETE access. More info here.

 

Nice link! found that interesting and useful reading!

[rkent]

I would also make the percentage save 100%.

That way it should save a full copy of the drawing at each autosave that you can just rename from .sv$ to .dwg if you need to get it back.

(less than 100% may just save a log file not a drawing).

 

Not yet noted here is that the autosave timer resets when you do a manual save.

So if your autosave is set at 30 mins and you do a manual save every 20 mins you will not have any autosaves.

 

isavepercent should be set to zero to insure a full save, see help.

[nukecad]

Thanks rkent;

 

I should have checked my info rather then relying on my memory. ( I was only 100% wrong ).

 

I have been back and edited that post.

[CAD Library]

Thank you all for your responses!

[OmahaJohn]

For the original question, I set SAVETIME in ACAD.LSP. Seems to work for everyone but one user. I absolutely hate working in LISP, so I created a .NET DLL that checks for username for him, logs all the details I log every time anything happens, and then sets SAVETIME. Still nada -- the code all runs, it's the exact same function I use to set environment variables in another DLL that does some project-specific magicarry, the log file shows everything completing, but his autosave is still turned off.

 

Perhaps SAVETIME isn't the only environment variable I have to set? Anyone have any knowledge of the issue?

 

JD, I appreciate your question about suggested tire pressure for your spare tire before you go on a long road trip, but you should just not use your spare tire. If you don't hit anything on the road, and the tire doesn't have any trouble from the manufacturing process or neglect, you'll never need it. So just don't have a spare. That's the right way to do it. Hope that answers your question about keeping it at an appropriate pressure. You're welcome.

 

Award for posting to the oldest thread in the world: Me. I win.