AutoCAD 2010/2011/2012 DWG Format

[#1]

When oh when are Autodesk gonna fix the auotsave bug? This is a major bug that one day is gonna cost me a lot of time and effort!

Everytime I do a large ammount of drawings thru the publish command, autosave is turned off and doesn't come back, it's bloody annoying and should be fixed. Ahhhhhhggggggggggggggg

[#2]

Forget autosave - turn it off.  It is your job to save.

[#3]

Thankyou for that really useful piece of advise!

Now go away, unless you can answer the question.

[#4]

1) I have agree with JD. Just press Ctrl+S every so often and you'll never need autosave.

2) I have not run across this "bug", but then again, I don't check to see what SAVETIME is set to, so I probably wouldn't notice. As a workaround, you could redefine a command that you use a lot, like ERASE, LINE, or MOVE so that it also sets SAVETIME.

Example:

(defun C:M ()

  (princ "\nShortcut for MOVE")

  (setvar "savetime" 15)

  (command "._Move")

)

-or- if you want to handle it in a more direct manner, you could use a reactor to 'watch' this variable and set it back whenever it changes. Some example code can be found here: http://cadpanacea.com/node/53

Lastly, have you reported this "bug" to Autodesk?

[#5 · Accepted solution]

Add this to your ACADDOC.LSP

(defun C:ALERTME ()
   (vl-load-com)
   (setq VTFRXN (vlr-editor-reactor nil '((:VLR-sysVarChanged . VTF))))
)

(defun VTF (CALL CALLBACK / vtf:nst)
   (if (and
	 (= (strcase (car CALLBACK)) (setq str "SAVETIME"))
	 (eq (getvar str) 0)
       )
       (progn
	 (princ (strcat "\nWarning: The " (getvar "CMDNAMES") " command has changed your Autosave settings to 0."))
	 (if (setq vtf:nst (getint "\nEnter new value for SAVETIME <10>: "))
	   (progn
	     (setq vtf:st vtf:nst)
	     (setvar "SAVETIME" vtf:st)
	     )
	   (progn
	     (setvar "SAVETIME" 10)
	     (setq vtf:st 10)
	     )
	   )
	 )
     )
  (setq vtf:st (getvar "SAVETIME"))
  )
     


(if (= (getvar "SAVETIME") 0)
  (progn
    (setq vtf:st (getint "\nSAVETIME is currently set to 0 minutes\nEnter new value for SAVETIME: "))
    (setvar "SAVETIME" vtf:st)
    )
  (setq vtf:st (getvar "SAVETIME"))
  )
  
(c:alertme)

[#6]

Thankyou.

[#7]

I make QSAVEs as I draw but only when I'm happy with the drawing, I don't blindly Save as a crash recovery tool. We have Autosave for that. And since it saves to a temporary file rather than overwriting your orignal it gives you options if you need to recover a file - and, oh my god, does Autocad know how to corrupt a file...

I've experienced Autosave switching off too, so I simply added a line to my acaddoc.lsp file to ensure it is always on at the start of a session at least.

[#8]

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TrevN wrote:

Thankyou.

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So did you or Autodesk remove the reply to JD?

[#9]

Interesting how things work here. Interesting indeed.

[#10]

I'm glad you mentioned the publish issue. That IS what does it... We've been trying to figure this out for ages.

I agree, save when you are ready to save... not just arbitrarily as with a redefined 'move' command, although, I do tend to type QS pretty frequently. Either way, it's nice to have those Autosave files when you need them.

I'm using the Alertme.lsp now. I stuck it in the LISP portion of our Enterprise menu that's on the network. Works well. It's a bit annoying when it intercepts the publish command, but it's livable. Just hit return and its all good.