Perform drawing maintenance

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Occasionally you may encounter a drawing file that has become corrupt.

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This corruption may be evidenced by a poorly performing drawing,

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a drawing file that's become unusually large in size or worse.

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A drawing that can't be opened at all.

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After completing this video,

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you'll be able to recognize and identify potential drawing issues,

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check drawings for errors

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and fixed problematic drawing files.

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Aca's audit command can be used on any drawing at any time

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if you suspect it may contain some type of error or corruption,

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audit scans.

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The current drawing looking for errors which are often hidden to the user.

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These could be objects created by third party applications

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anomalies caused while working on a network or cloud based files or issues caused

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by audit cad terminating unexpectedly open the

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topo drawing provided in the data set.

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Click on the application menu,

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choose drawing utilities and choose audit.

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The audit command will scan the current drawing and gives

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you the option to either just report any errors found

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or to attempt to correct those errors in the audit process.

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Answer yes, to fix any errors that are encountered to review the results of the scan,

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expand the command line or press control F two

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to open the text window,

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audit reports that three errors were found

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and three errors were fixed.

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While the audit command is used on an open drawing,

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the recover command performs the same error scan and fix that audit does

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but it performs it before opening the file. Click the application icon again,

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click drawing utilities and choose recover when prompted.

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Select the walkways drawing provided in the data set and click open

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the recover command performs an audit and attempts to correct any issues.

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While opening the drawing. A report is displayed showing the errors found and fixed

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and any problematic objects that were erased.

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Click close to finish opening the drawing.

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Sometimes the corruption we encounter may exist in a referenced file,

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not necessarily in the file you are attempting to open.

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In this case,

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the recover all command can be used to not only recover the selected file

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but also perform a recover on any files that are referenced into it.

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Click the red application icon,

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choose drawing utilities

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recover,

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recover with X reps.

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Autocad

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provides this alert informing you that not only will the selected file be recovered

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but also in the attached X

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refs choose recover the drawing file,

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select the mechanical D W G hit open

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Autocad

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opens and audits the drawing you selected

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but also opens and audits the X F that was attached to it.

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The drawing recovery log provides a list of the drawings that were evaluated

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and any issues that were found and resolved.

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ACAS audit and recovery commands are essential tools for maintaining the

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integrity of your drawing files and recovering lost or damaged data.

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By regularly using these commands,

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you can keep your drawing files in top condition.