My AutoCAD file crashed mid-revision and I lost 3 hours of work

I was working on a commercial HVAC layout last Tuesday at my desk in Portland. The file had this weird glitch where it would freeze every time I tried to hatch a duct section. I kept saving as I went, but my backup folder was set to hourly intervals. Ended up losing all the edits I made between 2pm and 5pm. Now I set AutoCAD to autosave every 10 minutes and keep a manual backup on a flash drive. Has anyone else had luck with recovery tools for corrupted DWG files?

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kelly.charlie25d ago

The autosave timer thing is basically life. It's like how you never check your gas gauge until you're already sputtering on the highway. Recovery tools are a crapshoot in my experience, sometimes they salvage the whole thing, sometimes they just make a bigger mess.

tara64225d ago

Started hitting save every time I step away from my laptop. Covers my ass when autosave glitches or power goes out. No fancy recovery tools needed, just muscle memory now.

daniel14025d ago

Idk @tara642, I kind of like the gamble with recovery tools. Sometimes you get lucky and they save more than a manual save would.