The shout goes up… Save it or Lose it! That was the reminder that we all used say to keep our files safe. We were addressing the fact that a computer crash may take out your work. If it was not saved back to the server, then it might be lost. Sometimes this would [...]
When you open a file in 2010 and save it, you have several options… Obviously, you can save it in the native 2010 format. This is the default setting and you need not do anything to make it happen. But you may need to send files to those who are using other formats. there are [...]
When you save back to a prior release,there are some impacts to the files. Here are some of the limitations that affect files that are saved in prior releases. plucked from the AutoCAD 2010 help file with some edits and comments. Saving a drawing in Release 2000/LT 2000 format is subject to the following limitations: [...]
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Save with Visual Fidelity for Annotative Objects When working with annotative objects in 2010, this option allows you to maintain visual fidelity for these objects when they are viewed in AutoCAD 2007 and earlier releases. Visual fidelity is controlled by the SAVEFIDELITY system variable. SAVEFIDELITY – Controls whether the drawing is saved with visual fidelity. [...]
Buried inside the Options Dialog box is a little check mark that can affect the way your files are stored and size limits of individual objects. People use AutoCAD for many things. Most of the time, objects storage sizes are small. But sometimes things can get quite large. Individual objects use to have a limit [...]
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