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c/draftersthe_piperthe_piper1mo ago

Had a total meltdown on a big drafting project last Tuesday

I was working on a commercial HVAC layout for a 3-story office building in Portland and my AutoCAD just froze mid-edit. Lost about 2 hours of work because I hadn't hit save. Ended up having to redo all the ductwork routing from scratch, and the client wanted it by Friday. Anyone else have a backup routine that actually sticks?
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angelaellis
Did you have autosave on at ALL or was it just completely off? Because I've had AutoCAD eat my lunch before and now I set autosave to every 5 minutes like a paranoid person.
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tyler614
tyler6141mo agoProlific Poster
5 min autosave is basically life insurance for your digital sanity.
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