Autodesk Mechanical Desktop

[#1]

It has happened at random, I notice that my Autosave, (set for 15min) is turned off and I have to go to options again and reset it. Has anyone ever ran into this & why? Using MDT6.
Thanks
RIck Hamlin

[#2]

> It has happened at random ...


Wonder if it's like the DIA sisters; CMD, FILE & ATT (if that was their names;
homely bunch anyway)? Gets toggled off by some function then you crash and it
has to be re-set manually?
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The rest is just for fun...

Being as fond of inflammatory statements as any red blooded boy; if you have
intentions of moving on to a modern, parametric CAD system someday you might
want to wean yourself of the autosave function. That system probably won't have
one.

I normally don't use autosave with any app, but tried running it in MDT (tried
a few times with different versions up thru MDT6) and turned it back off because
I felt very strongly that it was Causing Random Crashes.

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[#3]

I don't know your specific situation. Work off your hardrive and save to the server when needed. Working with a server
can cause a lot of unexpected crashes.
(just an old fashioned suggestion)

[#4]

Thanks for the reply guys. Thought maybe there was some others who had the problem. Can't find why it turns those "sisters" off.
I would switch to the better software if my customers would. I have already purchased new Inventor, & MDT, but can't save backward. Everything should be universal, but you know how that is.
Thanks again, anyway
Rick Hamlin

[#5]

I have had this problem for years, since AutoCAD 2004 (currently on 2011 MEP).  I go in to the options, turn it on and set it for 10 minutes.

A couple months later, when AutoCAD crashes, I go to my autosave folder, and the latest sv$ file is a month old.  Then I go to the options, and the automatic save function is unchecked again.  WFT?!

[#6]

Could it be when Acad crashes, it forgets that option? 

Window For Tournaments?

Please, not on this forum.

[#7]

Don't be hatin' on Tournaments.  LOL, sorry.  That was supposed to be a ...

It's a plausable explanation, but it seems to stop doing that for a long time (months).  It happened to me yesterday, and the latest save was from November.

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