SubscribeWell the NFL playoffs are off and running...I, for one, am thrilled that the Colts don't have to face the NE Patriots quite yet...(enter flashbacks from the past playoff masacres between Peyton Manning and Tom Brady). I hope everyone had a great weekend - it was nearly 70 degrees here in Northern California - absolutely stunning!
AutoCAD Hip Tip on Speedy Saves:
If you are working on extremely large drawing files, Saves can be a painfully long necessary evil. While we certainly don't want to discourage you from saving your drawing file - we know you put it off as long as possible when timing is an issue (we all hate waiting for saves to process). So here's a little tip for you that can speed up your saves - changing the ISAVEPERCENT system variable.
ISAVEPERCENT controls how often AutoCAD performs a full save. A full save takes longer than a partial save - plain and simple. Both are just as effective, both will protect your data. A full save picks up all of your data, cleans it off, reorganizes it and makes for a nice compact drawing file. Partial saves take any changes you've made to the drawing and just tacks it onto the end of the existing dwg file (not as neat and compact). I can definitely relate this to packing a suitcase. Basically - do you fold your clothes ever so neatly and compactly before placing them into your suitcase for a trip (which would take up less space) - or do you just throw everything in and sit on the suitcase to get it closed? Both secure your clothing - one takes up less room and is neater and more time consuming than the other.
The higher you set ISAVEPERCENT, the longer AutoCAD will go between full saves. ISAVEPERCENT controls how much wasted space will be tolerated in a drawing file before AutoCAD will perform a full save. Setting ISAVEPERCENT to 0 will force a full save every single time (for those of you who get paid by the hour or are neat-nics). Setting ISAVEPERCENT to 100 will require a great deal of wasted space before that full save is performed (the clothes are just tossed randomly into the suitcase and the drawing file is larger).
The default for ISAVEPERCENT is 50...set it higher if you want to speed up your saves! Incidentally - AutoCAD always performs a full save when exiting a drawing so your final DWG will be nice, neat and compact. So there is your AutoCAD Hip Tip to start off your week.
And below - you'll find another holiday pet picture that was sent to me from Sal Dicembre. Here is a picture of his adorable rottweiler Rottie. (Rottie isn't quite sure why the humans find this so amusing).
