Comments on: AutoCAD – Save it or Lose it http://www.caddmanager.com/CMB/2009/10/autocad-save-it-or-lose-it/ Practical, proven insight into CADD Management from Mark W. Kiker Sat, 27 Feb 2010 20:31:10 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Brent Daley http://www.caddmanager.com/CMB/2009/10/autocad-save-it-or-lose-it/comment-page-1/#comment-8784 Brent Daley Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:28:19 +0000 http://www.caddmanager.com/CMB/?p=1148#comment-8784 Most of us here where I work that use Civil 3D have turned the AutoSave function off, in fact I recommend it. The drawings are just to intense to have the AutoSave come on, especially when you are working through a process and that function starts up and bogs you down. We have all trained ourselves to just save often, and after each process, with Civil 3D saving often is a prerequisite. Unless your doing Vanilla AutoCAD stuff I think the AutoSave is more of a hindrance then a helping. Brent Daley Civil Designer/CAD Services Manager The Land Group, Inc. Most of us here where I work that use Civil 3D have turned the AutoSave function off, in fact I recommend it. The drawings are just to intense to have the AutoSave come on, especially when you are working through a process and that function starts up and bogs you down. We have all trained ourselves to just save often, and after each process, with Civil 3D saving often is a prerequisite.

Unless your doing Vanilla AutoCAD stuff I think the AutoSave is more of a hindrance then a helping.

Brent Daley
Civil Designer/CAD Services Manager
The Land Group, Inc.

]]> By: R.K. McSwain http://www.caddmanager.com/CMB/2009/10/autocad-save-it-or-lose-it/comment-page-1/#comment-8672 R.K. McSwain Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:58:12 +0000 http://www.caddmanager.com/CMB/?p=1148#comment-8672 The following line "AutoSaves are not real saves of your file data. It is a save to local." - is not entirely accurate. Autosave *is* a "real save" of your data, except that it's a copy of the data, written to a separate location (which is not necessarily a "save to local") It's also important to point out that autosave should not be relied on as a backup since autosave files are deleted upon a successful exit of AutoCAD, and each time you run QSAVE or SAVEAS. More details: http://cadpanacea.com/node/15 The following line “AutoSaves are not real saves of your file data. It is a save to local.” – is not entirely accurate. Autosave *is* a “real save” of your data, except that it’s a copy of the data, written to a separate location (which is not necessarily a “save to local”)

It’s also important to point out that autosave should not be relied on as a backup since autosave files are deleted upon a successful exit of AutoCAD, and each time you run QSAVE or SAVEAS. More details: http://cadpanacea.com/node/15

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