Design Marked as "Read Only"

[neljoshua]

Over the past few days I have noticed the following.  I have a design that I created last year and have been updating.  It seems that about half the time when I open the design Fusion marks it as "Read Only".  Closing and re-opening the file fixes the problem.

No one else has the design open.  Does anyone know what is going on?

[James.Youmatz]

Hi @neljoshua,

Off of the top of my head, I personally haven't seen this. Can you share the model with me at james.youmatz@autodesk.com? I am curious to see if this issue occurs on my computer as well or if it is tied to your account/computer specifically. Also, can you post a screenshot when it pops up and says "Read-Only"? I am curious to see what that looks like in case I cannot generate that error myself. Thanks!

[PhilProcarioJr]

@James.Youmatz

I too have seen this over the last few days, it did it on my skeleton model and a few others. If I logged out and back in it cleared it up but it happened more then once so it's not his computer causing it. I also saw this at work....

[James.Youmatz]

Hi @PhilProcarioJr,

Thanks for the update. That's really strange. Let me play around with some of my older designs and see if I can generate the error message. If you guys think of any new information or updates that could help me along, please let me know.

Thanks,

[PhilProcarioJr]

@James.Youmatz

Not sure if this info will be of any help but if I saved the designs as new the problems with them stopped. I realize this is not a good solution for anyone wanting to keep their revision history as it is lost when you save the file as new. I didn't care about revision history so it worked for me. Just a FYI.

[neljoshua]

James, et. al,

I shared the design with you (James).  I will try to get a screen shot, but as I said, the only notice that I get is in the upper left corner saying the file is read-only.  It happened again this morning, but that was before I read this post.

I am also having a number of issues with this design.  There have been errors in the timeline after a "Compute All" (which seem to resolve by closing without saving, reopening, and performing the same operation) and a component I cannot get to join to others (Thomas_1610 will only allow me to place one planar joint on it--any more state that there is a joint conflict--which is weird because there should not be).

I created another post regarding the joint issue.  I just thought I would mention it here.

[neljoshua]

Thanks for the idea, Phil.  In this case, however, I really want to keep the version history.  I use it quite a bit.

[neljoshua]

It happened again this morning.  This time, however, I was not paying attention and I lost some work (as I cannot save it).  

[innovatenate]

@neljoshua If you don't mind, could you post the diagnostic files?

[neljoshua]

Sure.

Here it is.

[innovatenate]

Looking through the log file there is a suspicious entry on 10am on the Tuesday, May 17th. Do you happen to recall if the 'Read Only' issue happened around that time?

Thanks,

[neljoshua]

Maybe...I started seeing the issue around the beginning of the week.  It has, however, happened a few times since then.

[James.Youmatz]

Hi @neljoshua,

Also, one thing to add to @innovatenate post, is there a specific workflow that you notice that generates this error. Such as quickly saving/closing/re-opening the model? Also, are there multiple people or machines collaborating on this model? I'm just trying to get as many clues as possible. Thank you for patience and help!

[neljoshua]

I am typically the only one working on these models.  That idea occurred to me, as well, but it is not the case.

Read Only status occurs most frequently when I first open things in the morning.

I am happy to help the Fusion team, especially as they are so helpful.

[innovatenate]

Are you still bumping into this Read-Only issue regularly? I'm wondering if any of the recent updates may have helped...

Thanks,

[neljoshua]

Nate,

I have been out of the office (on vacation) last week, so I have not seen it since the latest update.  I did see it before (during the week of 23 May).

[michael.k.jansen]

I have had a couple in incidents of "read only" files.  I can confirm closing the file & the re-opening will fix the issue (although by the time I notice this, some amount of work needed to be re-done!)

From memory it occurred after starting Fusion360 fresh from computer wake up, and loading up a file.

If I see it again ill capture the log files and send them in.

cheers

Mike