Wayne do they allow attachments on this user group. Your post had 2 attachments.
Anyway I too am frustrated with the way the backup works or doesn't
As I understand they follow the Windows autorecover system. In the directory you specify it saves a backup of the origional file when you save your work. It isn't an autosave as you have with AutoCAD. (someone told me this would take way too long saving a file every 10 minutes. Although that is what a user should be doing anyway.) I don't have any Idea why sometimes when you start solidworks after a crash it says that you had something open and asks to recover, but when you really needed it to recover you get nothing.
I don't get it either
Corey
I am just fit to be tied because of the SW auto recover stuff. One of our
> users crashed out and when I went to look for the backups, I couldn't find
> them. Maybe I'm not understanding something, but the auto recover doesn't
> appear to work properly. Here's what the help (backups/options) says: >
> Choose from the following options:
> a..
> 1.. Save auto recover info every changes. Select this check box and
> set the number of changes that should occur before information is > automatically saved.
> NOTES:
>
> a.. In a part or assembly document, a change is a rebuild or an action
> that requires a rebuild, such as the addition of a feature.
>
> b.. To disable auto recover, clear the check box.
>
> c.. Auto recover files are saved in :\ folder>\swxauto. For example: C:\Documents and Settings\user name\Local
> Settings\Temp\swxauto.
>
> b.. Number of backup copies per document. Specify the number of backup
> copies you want to save of part, assembly, or drawing documents. Scroll to 0
> (for none) or up to 10.
>
> c.. Save backup files in the same location as the original. Select this
> check box to save the backup file in the same location as the original file.
> Backup files use the naming convention: Backup of .sld*.
>
> d.. Save backup copies in directory. Name a directory where all backup
> copies are stored by default. Type the path or use click to browse to the
> directory to use. This option is disabled if Save backup files in the same
> location as the original is selected.
>
> Seems like if you set your backup location to c:\backup, you should find 5
> copies of each file (if you set it to 5) in that folder. What I am finding
> by doing a little test is that the only place they show up is C:\Documents
> and Settings\User.ASI\Local Settings\Temp\swxauto and so far only 1 copy.
> According to the Help, a log should happen when rebuild is needed, such as,
> in my opinion, adding a mate, changing a mate dimension or value, adding a
> part. By my test, it's not consistent. Any thoughts here?
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