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opening AutoCAD .ac$ files
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I tried that borgunit but the icon remains an .ac$ even after I change it to .dwg and AutoCAD says it cannot find that drawing, though the properties of the file say that it is 5.3kbs. Sometimes when temp files show up they have nothing in them. Any other suggestions? Thanks in advance!
dana336
dana336
Make sure that your properties for your folders and files within explorer are not hiding the extensions of the file. What happens is that you see "SOME_DWG" in explorer and you rename it to "SOME_DWG.DWG", what really happened is that the drawing became "SOME_DWG.DWG.ac$" since the extension is hidden from view. Check "properties" on the file to verify this.
The way AutoCAD defaults, the incremental saves are stored as "autoX.sv$", where X is usually a single digit. The ac$ files I thought held the histories for the command line, undo, etc. I know you can rename the "sv$" to "dwg" and pull your cheeks out of the fire (although it's not always foolproof), but I'm not sure the ac$ files would be readable as a drawing file. What is in there that you need to restore?
Alistair30
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I find that by looking in the Windows temp folder you can usually find an even more up to date copy of drawings.
hi Dana336,
First make sure your AUTOSAVE is not too long, I think default is 120mins!
Goto menu
'Tools'
'Options'
'Open and Save'
Tik 'Automatic save'
and set 'Minutes between saves' to like 20mins
if you Goto menu
'Tools'
'Options'
'Files'
and klick 'Automatic save file location'
you can see where YOUR Autosaves go.
Make sure when renaming a file that there is only one '.'
So "Filename.sv$" becomes "Filename.dwg" NOT "Filename.sv$.dwg"
I am not sure what you are running, but with me
running acad2000/2002 with WIN98
the 'Windows/temp' directory has my autosave backup files as eiter '.sv$' or '.bak'
just rename the tempfile to a '.dwg' file should do.
I hope I made some sense. ;-)
Zowark Ireland
First make sure your AUTOSAVE is not too long, I think default is 120mins!
Goto menu
'Tools'
'Options'
'Open and Save'
Tik 'Automatic save'
and set 'Minutes between saves' to like 20mins
if you Goto menu
'Tools'
'Options'
'Files'
and klick 'Automatic save file location'
you can see where YOUR Autosaves go.
Make sure when renaming a file that there is only one '.'
So "Filename.sv$" becomes "Filename.dwg" NOT "Filename.sv$.dwg"
I am not sure what you are running, but with me
running acad2000/2002 with WIN98
the 'Windows/temp' directory has my autosave backup files as eiter '.sv$' or '.bak'
just rename the tempfile to a '.dwg' file should do.
I hope I made some sense. ;-)
Zowark Ireland
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