Cannot save autocad file

[Anonymous]

When save a dwg file, AutoCAD 2012 hangs, then cashed, dwg and bak files disappeared

[h_s_walker]

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Do an AUDIT to check to see if your drawing has any errors.

Afterwards do a PURGE to get rid of anything which is not used.

Then try saving again.

[wispoxy]

Saving a file uses up available memory and freezes AutoCAD

Dec 10 2014

Applies to AutoCAD 2006, AutoCAD 2007, AutoCAD 2008, AutoCAD 2009, AutoCAD 2010, AutoCAD 2011, AutoCAD 2012, AutoCAD 2013, AutoCAD 2014, AutoCAD 2015, AutoCAD 2016, AutoCAD Architecture 2008, AutoCAD Architecture 2009, AutoCAD Architecture 2010, AutoCAD Architecture 2011, ...

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Issue:When saving a drawing in AutoCAD, the program uses up most of the available memory on the system and then freezes, requiring  acad.exe to be terminated in the Windows Task Manager. The excessive memory usage may occur after one save or it may be progressive with each save using more and more RAM. Eventually the drawing becomes impossible to work in and AutoCAD hangs and stops responding.

Causes:A large number of annotative objects in a drawing can cause this problem, along with general file corruption. A graphics driver conflict may also contribute to the issue.

Solution:To resolve the memory usage and application freeze up, do one or more of the following:

1. Type SAVEFIDELITY on the command line in AutoCAD and change the value to 0 (zero).

2. Update to the latest video driver for your graphics card. Here are the links to get an update, depending on what card you have:

   NVIDIA driver downloads
   AMD driver downloads
   Intel driver update utility

3. Install DirectX to make sure it is up-to-date:

   DirectX End-User Runtime Web Installer

Additionally, test saving a brand new drawing created from the acad.dwt template file versus existing drawings that you have. It may be that your drawing needs to be cleaned and repaired.

See Also:How to repair corrupt AutoCAD files
About Saving with Visual Fidelity for Annotative Objects

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Causes:Inability to save a file is often related to a bad drawing file.

Solution:Make sure you have installed the latest service packs, updates and hotfixes for your product version.

As a workaround, try saving the drawing as a block using the WBLOCK command.

1. Open your drawing and enter wblock on the command line.
2. Select Entire Drawing and specify where you want the block to be placed (desktop).
3. Create a new drawing and associate it with this project.
4. Enter insert on the command line to import the block you created in step 2.

Explode it while inserting it at the 0,0,0 coordinate.

1. Save the new drawing over the corrupted drawing by specifying the same name.

See Also:Autodesk Support for updates and service packs.

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