Multiple Save

Can i save my drg to more than one locations at the same time? this will create a standbye back-up folder for me.

 

We use Movebak, from the express tools. This allows us to relocate all the backup files to from each project directory to a single location

 

The first one saves the drawing in two places, and leaves you where you are.
The second sets the Layer to 0, zooms to the drawing limits, saves in two
places, and closes the drawing. The third does the same but gets out of
AutoCAD. Change the "C:/A2000/WD/" in each to the filepath of the place
where you want the second copy saved.

[SaveCont]^C^CQSAVE ;(command "SAVE" (strcat "C:/A2000/WD/" (getvar
"DWGNAME"))) Y
[SaveClose]^C^C-LAYER S 0 ZOOM W (getvar "LIMMIN") (getvar "limmax") QSAVE
;(command "SAVE" (strcat "C:/A2000/WD/" (getvar "DWGNAME"))) Y CLOSE
[SaveExit]^C^C-LAYER S 0 ZOOM W (getvar "LIMMIN") (getvar "limmax") QSAVE
;(command "SAVE" (strcat "C:/A2000/WD/" (getvar "DWGNAME"))) Y QUIT

Kent Cooper, AIA

create a standbye back-up folder for me.

 

I should mention that the "Y" in each of these is for when you've already
got the same drawing name saved to that secondary backup location, and it
asks whether you want to replace it. If you don't (the first time you do
this with a given drawing name), it just says it doesn't know that command,
but it doesn't affect the operation (unless you've got a routine defined
under the name "Y").

Kent Cooper, AIA


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I should also mention that these do QSAVE twice, because I found in some
release or other that the drawing file size went down when you did that.
That may not be true any more. And I think it ensured that the .bak file
was also updated, but now you have the option in AutoCAD whether you want
that to happen. If you set it to also update the backup file with every
save, you'll end up with .bak files in the secondary backup location as well
as the main drawing location, so there will be FOUR files for each drawing.
(I have a little DOS batch file icon on my desktop, which I invoke once in a
while, to delete those "extra" backups.)

Kent Cooper, AIA