Recover

Recovers data from a damaged DWG file. 

Accessing the Command

command bar: recover
menu bar: File | Recover
ribbon: Home | File | Recover

: Recover

Displays a dialog box:

Choose a file, and then click Open.

When the drawing file contains damaged data, the program reports the changes it made, automatically. For example

Name: Dwg file
Value: CRC does not match in Object (167);
Name: AcDbPolygonMeshVertex(130);
Value: Owner Id (0);
Validation: Invalid;
Replaced by: Set to AcDbPolygonMesh(F0).

When the drawing file contains no errors, no report is given.  When the recovery is complete, the drawing is displayed.

Command Options

No options.

Procedures

• To analyze the integrity of the current drawing
• To repair a drawing

Related Commands

Audit - checks drawings that are open.

ProxyInfo - displays a information about proxy entities, contained in the current drawing, in a dialog box.

RecoverAll - recovers a drawing with all nested XRef drawings, each drawing is saved with .BAK copy and .ADT report.