Repairing a drawing

The AUDIT command analyzes the integrity of the current drawing and optionally tries to fix errors.

The RECOVER command repairs a damaged drawing, then opens the drawing.

Analyzing the integrity of the current drawing

  1. Launch the AUDIT command.

    Prompts you: Fix any errors detected? Yes/<No>

  2. Do one of the following:

    • Choose Yes in the context menu or type Y , then press Enter to analyze the integrity of the current drawing and fix the errors detected.
    • Choose No in the context menu or type N , then press Enter to analyze the integrity of the current drawing.

    The drawing is analyzed.

  3. (option) Press F2 to open the Prompt History window in order to read the audit report:

    • # objects audited
    • Total errors found during audit #, fixed #.
Note:
  • Set the AUDITCTL system variable to 1, to let AUDIT create an ASCII file describing the detected problems and the action taken. This report, with the .adt file extension, is placed in the same directory as the current drawing .

  • Use the RECOVER command to repair the errors that AUDIT cannot fix.

Repairing a drawing

  1. Do one of the following:
    • Choose Recover in the File > Drawing Utilities menu.
    • Click the BricsCAD logo in front of the ribbon tabs, then choose Drawing Utilities > Recover.
    • Launch the RECOVER command.

    The Open Drawing dialog window displays.

  2. Select the drawing, then press the Open button on the Open Drawing dialog window.

    The drawing is processed and - if the repair succeeds - opened.

  3. (option) Press F2 to open the Prompt History window in order to read the recover report.