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Quick Profiles disappear when saving

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Anonymous
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Quick Profiles disappear when saving

Why do "Quick Profiles" disappear after I save my drawing?

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David Dixon
Clark Nexsen, Architecture & Engineering
Civil 3D 2007, SP1
Dell Optiplex GX620
XP Pro SP2, Intel P4 3.4 Ghz, 2 GB RAM
256 ATI Radeon X600 Dual Display
http://dca2civil3d.blogspot.com
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Message 2 of 9
Anonymous
in reply to: Anonymous

David Dixon wrote:
> Why do "Quick Profiles" disappear after I save my drawing?
>

Well, because it's a "quick profile" - it can't save that information
because it's just a quick representation, one that gets deleted even on
a regen. I don't know if it does a regen upon saving, but I do know
that it's saving a thumbnail, and can't save that quick profile.

If you want them to stay, guess you need to make them a regular profile
view. I can see how you'd want to keep seeing them as you work, and if
you're like me, have trained yourself to save every few commands...it
would be annoying, but I think it's operating as it's designed to.

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Jason Hickey

Civil 3D 2007, SP1A
Dell Precision M70
2 GIG RAM, 256 MB nVidia Quadro FX Go1400
Intel Centrino 2 gHz Processor

http://beneaththelines.blogspot.com
Message 3 of 9
Anonymous
in reply to: Anonymous

OK, thanks Jason. Just wondering if there was a problem on my end. I
figured that's what it was. Oh well...

On Fri, 28 Jul 2006 10:45:07 -0400, Jason Hickey
wrote:

> David Dixon wrote:
>> Why do "Quick Profiles" disappear after I save my drawing?
>>
>
> Well, because it's a "quick profile" - it can't save that information
> because it's just a quick representation, one that gets deleted even on
> a regen. I don't know if it does a regen upon saving, but I do know
> that it's saving a thumbnail, and can't save that quick profile.
>
> If you want them to stay, guess you need to make them a regular profile
> view. I can see how you'd want to keep seeing them as you work, and if
> you're like me, have trained yourself to save every few commands...it
> would be annoying, but I think it's operating as it's designed to.
>



--
David Dixon
Clark Nexsen, Architecture & Engineering
Civil 3D 2007, SP1
Dell Optiplex GX620
XP Pro SP2, Intel P4 3.4 Ghz, 2 GB RAM
256 ATI Radeon X600 Dual Display
http://dca2civil3d.blogspot.com
Message 4 of 9
rkmcswain
in reply to: Anonymous


@Anonymous wrote:
@DAVID Dixon wrote:
> Why do "Quick Profiles" disappear after I save my drawing?
>

Well, because it's a "quick profile" - it can't save that information
because it's just a quick representation, one that gets deleted even on
a regen. I don't know if it does a regen upon saving, but I do know
that it's saving a thumbnail, and can't save that quick profile.

If you want them to stay, guess you need to make them a regular profile
view. I can see how you'd want to keep seeing them as you work, and if
you're like me, have trained yourself to save every few commands...it
would be annoying, but I think it's operating as it's designed to.

--
Jason Hickey

Civil 3D 2007, SP1A
Dell Precision M70
2 GIG RAM, 256 MB nVidia Quadro FX Go1400
Intel Centrino 2 gHz Processor

http://beneaththelines.blogspot.com

I'm wondering the same thing, yeah ---- 6 years later.

I can understand deleting the QP if the line/polyline used to define it's alignment is removed.

But why delete it on a SAVE?

A profile is simply a representation of an alignment (the line/polyline) and one or more surfaces.

All of these things survive a SAVE.

 

 

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Message 5 of 9
jonwill1965
in reply to: Anonymous

Well CAD you outdid yourself again. I used these quickprofiles for years in LDD, and they never disappeared. So why now--for no reason whatsoever that I can discern, other than some laziness on the part of programmers to carry this over from LDD as is. Ah, the glorious MONOPOLY that is CAD. Do whatever the h*ll you want and to h*ll with the actual engineers using the program (y'know, the folks BUYING this) who are  now further inconvenienced. Whats next, not saving surfaces if I regen???? 

Message 6 of 9
justin
in reply to: jonwill1965

I just discovered this nuisance as well.  It is quite annoying.  As a work around, I took a few more steps and created an alignment and profile based off the line I'm using for quick profiles.  If I need a quick profile in a different area, I just move the alignment to the new area.  This is still annoying, but at least the profile won't disappear when I save.

Message 7 of 9
Adam.Forouzandeh
in reply to: justin

I use a scratch alignment if I know im going to be quick profiling the same spot (road cross sections for example) repeatedly.  or just explode/burst the QP if you need to harvest out an existing ground sample for a cross section detail or whatever.

 

I agree its a pain in the butt to lose them on save, but if you need an actual profile just make an actual profile.  the 'quick' ones are primarily useful to just take a slice of something to see whats happening, not to be permanent.  (I never used LDD so I don't have the same frame of reference for what used to work, I get the frustration there though)

Message 8 of 9
gasper.janezic
in reply to: Anonymous

Explode them before Save and they stay as regular Acad Elements...

Message 9 of 9

Yes! I was about to give up on them when I read your message.

My use case is I have an approval authority needing more information on an existing parking lot that it to be converted to residential. It's just a one-off cross section that won't actually be part of the final design. I found Quick Profile and thought "This is exactly what I need!" Something informal that just has basic information. I don't need stations, or other rich data.

 

But then they disappeared when I saved. 😞

 

But then I read comment about EXPLODE 🙂 good old trusty explode.

 

Oof. The rollercoaster of emotions that is AutoCAD.  🙃

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