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corderjos 
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 Topic: drawing recovery URGENT HELP!!! PLEASE!
Posted: 15.Mar.2011 at 16:24 |
hi i was working on a autocad drawing, and almost finished it but I opened a block located in the layout in the block editor and I wouldn't let me close it so I saved the drawing closed it and when i reopened it the dwg only hay the saved version of my layout block but IN THE MODEL. is there anyway i can restore to my old model! i mean its like 5days work i'm loosing here. i have no sv$ and the bak file has the same content as it saved itself the same as the dwg.
It looks like it replaced my model! ANY IDEAS??? PLEASE HELP ME!!!!
don't know why but the block now appears exploded on my model and the rest is empty. I even had mviews / viewports in the layout to stuff on my model and now the viewports are empty! is there an UNDO after save option??? lol I DON'T KNOW! but its 4 days of work!
Edited by corderjos - 15.Mar.2011 at 16:39
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John Connor
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Posted: 15.Mar.2011 at 16:43 |
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Did you do a zoom extents in model space?
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"Humans have a strength that cannot be measured. This is John Connor. If you are reading this, you are the resistance." <<AutoCAD 2015>>
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corderjos
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Posted: 15.Mar.2011 at 16:47 |
yes, i only have the new block.....nothing else its weird!its like it replaced my model all layers are on, i even have the blocks i had in the insert command but none of them are inrserted!
Edited by corderjos - 15.Mar.2011 at 16:52
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John Connor
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Posted: 15.Mar.2011 at 22:45 |
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Can you post the drawing so someone here can have a look at it?
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"Humans have a strength that cannot be measured. This is John Connor. If you are reading this, you are the resistance." <<AutoCAD 2015>>
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corderjos
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Posted: 15.Mar.2011 at 22:57 |
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how do i load the cad drawing?
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John Connor
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Posted: 15.Mar.2011 at 23:07 |
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Read this thread.
http://www.cadforum.cz/forum_en/forum_posts.asp?TID=5421&PID=13802#13802
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"Humans have a strength that cannot be measured. This is John Connor. If you are reading this, you are the resistance." <<AutoCAD 2015>>
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DFINLAYSON
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Posted: 16.Mar.2011 at 00:59 |
Were you by any chance editing an xref in place when this happened?
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Cheers,
DF
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corderjos
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Posted: 16.Mar.2011 at 01:06 |
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I cant seem to be able to load the dwg. And to the other question no it was a regular block
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edwinprakoso
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Posted: 16.Mar.2011 at 05:17 |
OK, that was weird. You may already lost your drawing. Your only option is the backup file, but you don't have them too. It looks like AutoCAD save your block as your drawing.
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corderjos
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Posted: 16.Mar.2011 at 05:21 |
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yes that is exactly what happened! and the bak file has the same content...so i guess i lost my 4 days work!
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