files not being saved

I am getting very frustrated the last couple of days as I am working on a set of architectural drawings and I now have made the same changes and updates twice and they did not save so I have about 4 hours of lost work on this drawing set. I re-organized the file directory before the lost changes occurred do you suppose that might have something to do with it. I have stopped and went to "file"- "save" numerous time through progress and before closing.

any suggestions?

Hello  bill100001!

Before starting the third time that long job, I'd suggest drawing some very simple sketch, save it. Check carefully where will you save your file, and name it so you can find it, for example include date in the name.

Can you open this file? Close LibreCad, try opening it again.

If this test goes through, proceed, If not, then we have to trouble shoot what is your problem.

thanks, I did just that and I am not exactly sure what the implication is but once you start a drawing in a directory you can't move it. if you do it seems that saving it looses the path, I am not sure if this can be fixed by directing the path, but I haven't tried, just leave it where your started it and its seems OK

I thought I had this problem solved when I would use "save as" at the end of a drawing session and then pick the same file name effectively over writing the earlier version. This has worked for quite a while but yesterday I lost a half days work. The program is regularly interrupting the work as it auto saves but this seems to not do anything to save the work done.

Should I update my version, this one is probably 18 month old

Thanks

The autosaving creates back up files, for the case of a crash or something like that. These are named #filename.dxf and filename.dxf~. You may search for those with your search tool. Maybe you will find lost drawings.

Autosaving doesn't save your work on a drawing at the end when you close it, you still have to do it manually.

It's probably not LibreCAD's fault, you must be doing something wrong with saving and opening.

If you are on Windows I recommend to upgrade to V 2.2.0 rc2, it's much improved, but it won't change anything with your files not being saved problem.

I am having similar issues with Windows 10 and LibreCad

Version: 2.1.3
Compiler: GNU GCC 4.9.1
Compiled on: Sep 23 2016
Qt Version: 5.4.1
Boost Version: 1.60.0
System: Windows

Under open file from menu, all I see is the PFD version of the files I created. If I put *.* in the file name, all the dxf's show up, but some open with a new layout. Old file & layers are gone. A lot of work has vanished. Also a double click on the file doesn't open LibreCad. It brings up a Window dialog looking for a file to open it. LibreCad isn't an option.

@Taipan30

I'm having a similar problem with this version.

I can make a simple drawing, save as a .dxf (2007), make copies, etc. Reopen them and their contents are gone. No layers, no nothing.

Version: 2.1.3
Compiler: GNU GCC 4.9.1
Compiled on: Sep 23 2016
Qt Version: 5.4.1
Boost Version: 1.60.0
System: Windows 10

Maybe you are openeing the files as Qcad 1.x file?
Please double check in the open dialog that the file type is Drawing Exchange
If that doesn't fix the problem, then sorry, I have no other ideas.

HTH
Pere

@perepujal

Thanks! Changing to open as drawing exchange fixed it.

Why does Qcad 1.x have the same file extension (.dxf)? That makes things so confusing!

Anyone ever found a way to fix this? It's really frustrating I had been working on a file for days and been saving now and then just to find that the only data that was saved was 2 days ago and even the temporary files are not up to date😳
What makes these files not updating because when you are trying to close unsaved file it warns but I clicked on save and closed as I normally do but when I opened the file again found the file with old data only. Reviewed the file it shows last updated some 2 days ago date.

What version are you using?

Do you have auto-backup set? Menu : Application Preferences > Defaults > Program Defaults

Could you find the entry in recent files? Menu: File > Recent Files

If LibreCAD didn't warn you about closing the file, the file saving was likely successful, meaning your drawing exists somewhere in your file system.

User data loss is the worst type issues,

for the newest development, I suggestion we should do:

1, make auto-backup the default. User can still turn it off, but the user setting is not remembered, so user actually needs to turn it off each session;
2, If auto-backup fails, warning messages should be shown as command messages;
3, If file saving fails, attempt to save a copy in standard locations, e.g., user-document folder.

Gilson wrote

Anyone ever found a way to fix this? It's really frustrating I had been working on a file for days and been saving now and then just to find that the only data that was saved was 2 days ago and even the temporary files are not up to date😳
What makes these files not updating because when you are trying to close unsaved file it warns but I clicked on save and closed as I normally do but when I opened the file again found the file with old data only. Reviewed the file it shows last updated some 2 days ago date.

Am using 2.2.0.2...
But I figured the problem is my documents folder permissions have changed to read only so I can't saving anything currently. But Somehow the app acted like it was saving while nothing was being saved. After closing the app I tried to save as the documents to make copies it failed... Am using another directory now. That data is gone gone...

If there was a pop-up message that showed error I would have noted but am used to Ctrl S when I have already saved the document. I just noted now the message displayed left down corner indicating file save and location is not being displayed but hard no notice an error when not used to... It's being blank for moment when trying to save. A pop-up error would be helpful when the app can't save files due to such permission or anything

The pop-up message is the Save as ... dialog. Usually Ctrl-S does not ask anything, just save the current drawing.
When anything fails, LibreCAD asks to save the file with another name or to another location. The reasons for failing are many and varied, and often they can't be identified at runtime.
Canceling the Save as ... dialog keeps the file untouched and the changes remain unsaved. This is indicated by the * in the drawing title.
Closing LibreCAD with unsaved files will again show the Save as ... dialog, if the original file can't be saved. So another chance to avoid the loss of efforts.

Of course, losing efforts is a tough experience, but sometimes it's part of the learning curve.

Armin

I experienced a similar thing when printing to pdf. If the pdf file is opened by another program, like Acrobat Reader, LibreCAD proceeds to save the file asking if you want to replace it but makes no mention that it did not actually save the file because it was opened by another program. Perhaps there should be a warning in this case as well.

I prefer to have auto backup enabled by default.

If auto saving fails, we can alert users early on. In comparison of alerts at saving time. Auto saving happens in minutes, so user can still afford the data loss. User saving may happen after one whole day.

The reason to disable auto saving could be due to data security. It's also a strong requirement though.

pclem wrote

I experienced a similar thing when printing to pdf. If the pdf file is opened by another program, like Acrobat Reader, LibreCAD proceeds to save the file asking if you want to replace it but makes no mention that it did not actually save the file because it was opened by another program. Perhaps there should be a warning in this case as well.

dxli wrote

pclem wrote

I experienced a similar thing when printing to pdf.

It was a reasonable comment and suggestion you quoted but you didn't answer it.