[arriscad] autosave?

Jim Bennett jim.bennett at sigmadesign.com
Thu Feb 9 16:36:44 CST 2012


Autosave time is the first item on the first page of the Preferences 
menu. The number is the setting in minutes.

Jim

On 2/9/2012 4:07 PM, rich wrote:
> I don't know how to adjust autosave, how it works, and how to recover 
> from
> autosave.
>
> Then i save every 20 min. under another name manually.
>
> Rich
>
>
>
>> Yes.... the autosave feature is great.   I always set it to one minute
>> for everybody.   The problem is getting people to understand how it
>> works, and how to actually recover from autosave.   Aside from that, I
>> like it.
>>
>>
>> Agree about the text-edit thing too.... that has been a bug for as long
>> as I can remember.
>>
>>
>>
>> From: arriscad-bounces at lists.arriscad.com
>> [mailto:arriscad-bounces at lists.arriscad.com] On Behalf Of Neal Logan
>> Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 9:52 AM
>> To: 'bonarch'; arriscad at lists.arriscad.com
>> Subject: [arriscad] autosave?
>>
>>
>> I believe autosave is useful, and can save your bacon ... I believe we
>> have it set to five minutes (default), and it runs behind the scenes.
>> Only issue is sometimes while editing text, it kicks in and the autosave
>> text appears where text was being edited.
>>
>>
>> This feature should not be confused with daily backup.
>>
>>
>> Neal Logan
>>
>> Edward Farr Architects, Inc.
>> 7710 Golden Triangle Drive
>> Eden Prairie,  MN 55344
>>
>> Direct.  952-697-1083
>> Main:  952 943-9660  Fax. 952 943-9665
>>
>>
>> From: arriscad-bounces at lists.arriscad.com
>> [mailto:arriscad-bounces at lists.arriscad.com] On Behalf Of bonarch
>> Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 9:24 AM
>> To: arriscad at lists.arriscad.com
>> Subject: Re: [arriscad] phantom layers?
>>
>>
>> No - that is the first place I looked.
>>
>>
>> Is there any good reason to keep the autosave feature of Arris? It had a
>> raison d'etre a long time ago, but I don't see any virtue in it now.
>> Saving / backing up should be an integral part of computer-based work,
>> and with flash drives, one can save anywhere, anytime inexpensively.
>>
>>
>> B. Nelson
>>
>>     ----- Original Message -----
>>
>>     From: Wim <mailto:w.benes at gmail.com>
>>
>>     To: arriscad at lists.arriscad.com
>>
>>     Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2012 11:12 PM
>>
>>     Subject: Re: [arriscad] phantom layers?
>>
>>
>>
>>     And if not, .sv files might still exist in the autosave
>> directory.
>>
>>     Wim
>>
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Jim Bennett, AIA
Product Director
Sigma Design
www.arriscad.com



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