Ilogic rule to save a document at regular interval

Ilogic rule to save a document at regular interval

aprajapati3C
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Ilogic rule to save a document at regular interval

aprajapati3C
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Is it possible have an ilogic rule that will save the current document (part, assy or dwg) at regular interval? As of now inventor can just pop-up a reminder but does not save. 

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-niels-
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As was pointed out, there is iLogic code that makes this possible.
I just want to add that you should be mindful of some drawbacks:

  • That kind of iLogic will take up some system resources in order to keep that timer going.
  • Automatically saving can mess up Inventor's undo structure.
  • It will, most likely, only save the file that is in the active window.
  • You could lose the ability to go back to an "old version" if you make a mistake because it's been overwritten by the autosave.

 

There's probably more to take into account, but please keep that in mind when deciding if automatically saving is really what you want.


Niels van der Veer
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Vault professional user/manager
The Netherlands

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aprajapati3C
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Thanks guys for the solution. As @-niels- mentioned it may mess up the undo structure, i would still give it a try to check how well this rule works and then decide weather to use it or not.