Please don't set the number of backups to zero (0), or even one (1).
Too many times (not many, but too many) the Revit Support team has worked
with clients who, for whatever reason, had trouble with their primary
project and did not have a backup to fall back on. Disk space is cheap,
lost data is not! In many of the cases our developers has been able to work
some magic on the file and recover data... not in all cases, however!
I can't tell you how frustrating is can be, for all parties, when data is
lost that could have been salvaged by simple backup practices.
We recommend AT LEAST 3 backups, plus recommend some sort of standard backup
utility to CYA.
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Regards,
Steve Burri
Autodesk, Inc
Client Support Manager - Revit
"Aaron Rumple"
wrote in message
news:40fd7eb9$1_3@newsprd01...
> If you crash you can recover a backup file. although Revit doesn't crash
> often, still nice to know you can recover work.
> If you want to roll back the design. This is more common with the 4 D
aspect
> of Revit. I might try a few things and later decide I needed something I
> deleted. I can roll back to the backup - or open the back up and
copy/paste.
>
> Number of backups is project specific. File->Save As->Options->Max number
of
> backups.
>
> They are easy to delete with a batch file or a quick windows search for
file
> named *.0???.r??
>
> "RyanT" wrote in message
> news:4572668.1090353102446.JavaMail.jive@jiveforum1.autodesk.com...
> > 2-part question...
> >
> > 1. How are backup files accessed and are they valuable? I cannot find
> any value in having them. They only seem to take up space on the network.
> >
> > 2. Can you tell Revit not to create backup files?
>
>