Auto Save with Alphacam

Q. A current active Alphacam drawing wasn’t saved prior to a system failure on the computer with Alphacam running and installed on it. Can you help?

A. Yes, it is called Auto Save.

Open Alphacam, go to File-Configure-Folders, and then select the General tab.

This tab shows the current location of the Auto Save folder. For this example it is located in the C:\LICOMDIR folder. You have the option to map this folder to any location on the computer or any existing network location desired.

Go back to File-Configure-General. On the Settings tab, you will see Auto Save Intervals [Minutes]. By default, this is set to 5 minutes. This can be adjusted to any interval of minutes desired.

Once the location of the Auto Save folder is known, go to File-Open, and locate the Autosave folder.
In this folder there should be three files, 1.ard, 2.ard and 3.ard.
The 3.ard file is the most recent file that has been Autosaved and the 1.ard file is the oldest.

Please note: If using a network license and sharing the Licomdir and the Licomdat folders with multiple users, it is recommended that each user maps to an Autosave folder on each individual local computer.