Opening a damaged drawing

Files can become damaged for many reasons. For example, if you are working on a drawing during a power outage, a system crash, or a hardware failure, your drawing file may become damaged. progeCAD allows you to open and check damaged files to attempt file recovery.

Recovering a file attempts to open one of the following file types:

    Standard drawing files with a .dwg extension.

    Drawing Exchange Format files with a .dxf file extension.

    Design Web Format files with a .dwf file extension.

    Drawing templates with a .dwt file extension.

You can also audit any open file to check it for errors. You specify whether you want progeCAD to fix any errors that are found automatically. progeCAD fixes as many errors as possible and any errors that cannot be fixed are reported as Ignored in the Prompt History window.

In addition to recovering and auditing drawings, if you open a drawing that does not display all entities, it might be because those entities are assigned invalid z-coordinates. Use the Set Z All command to set all z-coordinates to a new value so that all missing entities are then properly displayed.

To open a damaged file

   1   Do one of the following to choose Recover ():

    On the ribbon Application button, choose Drawing Utilities > Recover.

    On the menu, choose File > Recover.

    Type recover and then press Enter.

   2   In Files of Type, choose the type of file you want to recover.

   3   Choose the directory containing the damaged file.

   4   Choose the damaged file you want to recover.

    5    Click Open.

If you want to check all drawings for errors automatically when you open them, choose Tools > Options > General tab and mark the check box for Open Drawings using Recover.

To check a drawing file for errors

   1   With the drawing open that you want to check, do one of the following to choose Audit ():

    On the ribbon Application button, choose Drawing Utilities > Audit.

    On the menu, choose File > Audit.

    Type audit and then press Enter.

   2   Choose whether you want progeCAD to fix any found errors automatically, and then press Enter.

An ASCII file describes the audit.
If the AUDITCTL system variable is set to On and errors are found during a file recovery or audit, an ASCII file is created that describes the audit. The ASCII file is saved in the same folder as the audited drawing and has the same name as the drawing file, but with an .adt extension.

To fix a drawing that contains invisible entities assigned invalid z-coordinates

   1   With the drawing open that you want to fix, do one of the following to choose Set Z All ():

    On the ribbon, choose Express Tools > Set Z All (in Tools).

    On the menu, choose Express Tools > Tools > Set Z All.

    Type setz and then press Enter.

   2   Enter a new value for the z-coordinates of all entities in the drawing.