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Saving Drawing Files

  • Recovering an "AutoSave" drawing

    Occasionally a CAD file can become corrupted and you will see this message if you attempt to open it:   This occurs most frequently if there was a problem when a file was transmitted by email, and if ...

  • MicroSurvey Crashes when you Save a Drawing

    A limited number of users have reported a serious problem with MicroSurvey CAD if they have a drawing with lots of graphics, an attached pointcloud, or high resolution attached imagery: The program wo...

  • Error PRJTY350, external hard drives, Cloud drives or networks

    When MicroSurvey CAD, embeddedCAD or inCAD work on your drawings, they create a live database which stores all of the non-CAD information that is so critical to MicroSurvey's functioning. If you use M...

  • SAVE, QSAVE and AutoSave are not all the same!

    An important document explaining how MicroSurvey CAD Products save and back up your data. Provides information on recovering lost data and protecting your data.....

  • Drawing Saved with Errors

    Update: With the upgrade to IntelliCAD 7, MicroSurvey CAD 2013 and MapScenes 2013 and newer users rarely encounter this issue.  If this is a common issue please ensure that you are running the latest ...

  • Error 1, getting CECOLOR system variable in cad_getvar_int_CECOLOR

    This error message can arise from two possible causes: 1. If a user attempts to open a project by doubleclicking directly on a .dwg file, or by opening a file directly from an email program.  The Micr...