Opening Auto-recovered Files

I can not understand why the SolidWorks program doesn't automatically
force a rebuild of any file which is opened by the auto-recover
routine.

Even for an experienced user, the sight of an empty viewport is easily
misinterpreted as showing a part which has failed to recover.

It was by accident long ago that I happened to try a CTRL-Q rebuild and
was surprised to find that each lost file was then magically restored.

I can only imagine how many users have lost files after assuming that
the auto-recovery operations failed and have then closed the "empty"
windows.

SolidWorks should do users a favor and have the program automatically
force a verification rebuild, even if the System Option for Performance
is set for "Verification on rebuild" to be off by default.

Per O. Hoel

 

Per,

I agree. I've scratched a few hairs out of my head until I remembered
this step. You'd be surprised how many people don't know about CTRL-Q.

 

I don't think I learned about CTRL-Q until talking to a VAR for tech
support.

 

I think the curvy stuff gurus will tell you that without CTRL-Q and
Verification on Rebuild there would be little hope of building complex
geometry models that are robust.

 

I'm not a guru, but it seems to me that there is little hope of building
complex geometry models that are robust even with ctrl-q and verification on
rebuild.

Jerry Steiger
Tripod Data Systems
"take the garbage out, dear"