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John Connor 
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 Topic: drawing recovery URGENT HELP!!! PLEASE!
Posted: 16.Mar.2011 at 17:03 |
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To answer one other question of yours there is no option to UNDO a SAVE.
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nonameCad
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Posted: 16.Mar.2011 at 17:00 |
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If the dwg file is stored on a server somewhere, depending on the server O/S, it may create backups, like with Microsoft Server 2003, and if so, then you can try to right click on the dwg file, go to properties, and the (if it's there) Previous Versions tab.
If something there shows up, you can copy or overwrite (I suggest copy, don't want to trash what you have left of the original)
Don't know what other operating systems support that option.
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John Connor
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Posted: 16.Mar.2011 at 16:58 |
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You don't backup your CAD files to another media like a flash drive, CD or DVD? Are you on a network or a standalone computer?
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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: 16.Mar.2011 at 16:54 |
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i don't know that's the weird part.... i save inside the block editor as i couldn't close it don't know why. I know that if its an external reference or if u're editing the block in place u won't be able to save the file, but from the block editor you can. so i saved and closed autocad as i seemed to have problems. when i reopened the file all it had in it was the block i was working on and it had moved itself as an exploded block in model space (it was inserted in the paper space / layout) and in the layout it is still a block. In the layout i have all my viewports but now with empty content since the model only has the paper block.
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John Connor
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Posted: 16.Mar.2011 at 11:01 |
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You were editing a block. The block has its own name. Therefore, how did AutoCAD save the drawing under the block name?
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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: 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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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 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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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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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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