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@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.
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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.
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????
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.
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)
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. 🙃