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Use the RECOVER command to open and repair a damaged file, and view the recovery results.
Type:
Tutorial
Length:
2 min.
Transcript
00:04
What do you do? If an audit report said it found six errors
00:07
and fixed three or even worse, your file won't open at all.
00:11
You do have another course of action you can take,
00:14
it's called recover and you can use it in place of the open command.
00:18
It will run an even deeper scan on your file, often fixing all of its problems.
00:23
Let's close the file we're in without saving so that it still contains the errors.
00:29
If you're in the start tab,
00:30
you'll notice there is no recover option in
00:33
either the pulldown or the thumbnail options.
00:36
You'll have to go to the application menu.
00:38
You'll see recover at the bottom
00:40
hover over or click on the menu entry to expand the flyout menu
00:44
there. You'll find recover.
00:46
You can also type recover on the command line from any open file.
00:50
Click on it to display the file selection dialogue just like the open command does
00:55
select the 4-01 dash topo file that we were just using
00:59
and click on the open button.
01:02
The file will get audited and repaired prior to opening.
01:04
When it completes its operation,
01:06
an alert will be displayed explaining what errors.
01:09
If any were found, how many were fixed and how many were erased.
01:13
Close the alert to return to your drawing.
01:16
You can choose not to see the alert again by clicking on the.
01:19
Do not show me this message again. Check box.
01:22
If you choose to do so,
01:23
you can still see the results of the recover operation on the te screen.
01:27
I'll press F two again to display it.
Video transcript
00:04
What do you do? If an audit report said it found six errors
00:07
and fixed three or even worse, your file won't open at all.
00:11
You do have another course of action you can take,
00:14
it's called recover and you can use it in place of the open command.
00:18
It will run an even deeper scan on your file, often fixing all of its problems.
00:23
Let's close the file we're in without saving so that it still contains the errors.
00:29
If you're in the start tab,
00:30
you'll notice there is no recover option in
00:33
either the pulldown or the thumbnail options.
00:36
You'll have to go to the application menu.
00:38
You'll see recover at the bottom
00:40
hover over or click on the menu entry to expand the flyout menu
00:44
there. You'll find recover.
00:46
You can also type recover on the command line from any open file.
00:50
Click on it to display the file selection dialogue just like the open command does
00:55
select the 4-01 dash topo file that we were just using
00:59
and click on the open button.
01:02
The file will get audited and repaired prior to opening.
01:04
When it completes its operation,
01:06
an alert will be displayed explaining what errors.
01:09
If any were found, how many were fixed and how many were erased.
01:13
Close the alert to return to your drawing.
01:16
You can choose not to see the alert again by clicking on the.
01:19
Do not show me this message again. Check box.
01:22
If you choose to do so,
01:23
you can still see the results of the recover operation on the te screen.
01:27
I'll press F two again to display it.
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