very upset
Posted by deathguppie on Sep 13, 2013; 2:59am
URL: https://forum.librecad.org/very-upset-tp5708744.html
I've used Qcad for years. I even paid for versions to help support it. Now I've switched to librecad because it was available, and I'm an open source advocate.
Last night I spent all night working on some drawing for a project I want to do in my own time. Left my computer open and worked on it this morning. Save, save save.. that's my motto. I always save.
I turned off my computer and went to work. Tonight I came home only to find that opening the file (which is now an IFF file instead of a DXF from Qcad) leaves a blank page. All of my work is gone.. All of it..
I cannot even say how upset I am for fear of making babies cry on these forums.. I took time to register just to say how upset I am. I was so excited to keep working on my project, and now I have to start all over again.
I'll have to find an old version of Qcad because I no longer trust this one. I don't know what happened I'm using Ubuntu 13.04 the standard packaged version of librecad. I saved in the "default format" and lost all of my work by doing so.
EDIT:
OK, I figured out that if I save it in DXF format it saves and opens properly. Why, why would devs create such a horrible default format that doesn't save or read properly. It's like a trap to mess with people that expect the program to save their work.
EDIT2:
I'm starting again, from scratch.. I'm still mad..