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Use the RECOVERALL command to fix a damaged file and attached external references, and save the recovery log.
Type:
Tutorial
Length:
2 min.
Transcript
00:03
If your drawing has external references attached
00:06
and one or more of them are experiencing file corruption,
00:09
it will also affect the top level file.
00:12
Autocad provides you with another tool for this situation.
00:15
The name of the command is recover all
00:17
and from an open drawing,
00:19
it can be found in the application menu within the drawing utilities menu.
00:23
You'll need to hover over recover to display
00:25
its flyout menu where you'll find the command.
00:27
Let's start the command from here.
00:30
A word of caution,
00:31
although it feels like you maybe should have the top level file open and current.
00:36
When you run recover all
00:37
you don't,
00:38
you'll immediately get this informational dialogue
00:40
explaining what's about to happen.
00:43
Let's click on recover the drawing file
00:46
again. You'll get the select file dialog,
00:48
select and open the file called civil base.
00:52
As the open procedure begins, you'll get a recover progress box. Each file in the XF
00:58
tree will be opened in the editor checked, fixed, saved and closed.
01:03
When complete, you'll get a drawing recovery log.
01:06
A green check will appear next to a successfully recovered file.
01:10
If a file fails for any reason,
01:12
you'll see a white X in a red circle.
01:14
If this does happen, the recovery log will tell you why the failure occurred.
01:19
If you'd like to save the log,
01:21
you can use the copy to clipboard button in the upper left,
01:23
then just paste the results into a separate document.
Video transcript
00:03
If your drawing has external references attached
00:06
and one or more of them are experiencing file corruption,
00:09
it will also affect the top level file.
00:12
Autocad provides you with another tool for this situation.
00:15
The name of the command is recover all
00:17
and from an open drawing,
00:19
it can be found in the application menu within the drawing utilities menu.
00:23
You'll need to hover over recover to display
00:25
its flyout menu where you'll find the command.
00:27
Let's start the command from here.
00:30
A word of caution,
00:31
although it feels like you maybe should have the top level file open and current.
00:36
When you run recover all
00:37
you don't,
00:38
you'll immediately get this informational dialogue
00:40
explaining what's about to happen.
00:43
Let's click on recover the drawing file
00:46
again. You'll get the select file dialog,
00:48
select and open the file called civil base.
00:52
As the open procedure begins, you'll get a recover progress box. Each file in the XF
00:58
tree will be opened in the editor checked, fixed, saved and closed.
01:03
When complete, you'll get a drawing recovery log.
01:06
A green check will appear next to a successfully recovered file.
01:10
If a file fails for any reason,
01:12
you'll see a white X in a red circle.
01:14
If this does happen, the recovery log will tell you why the failure occurred.
01:19
If you'd like to save the log,
01:21
you can use the copy to clipboard button in the upper left,
01:23
then just paste the results into a separate document.
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