Repair a Damaged Drawing File

Repair a Damaged Drawing File

Repair a Damaged Drawing File

 

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Repair a Damaged Drawing File

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Concept

Procedure

Quick Reference

To repair an open drawing

1. Click the Application button, and click Drawing Audit.
2. At the

   Fix Any Errors Detected?

   prompt, enter y or n.

   AUDIT places all objects with errors in the Previous selection set for easy access. The output from the audit is written to an audit log (ADT) file if the AUDITCTL system variable is set to 1 (On).

   NoteIf the drawing contains errors that AUDIT cannot fix, try using RECOVER. RECOVER repairs any specified DWG file that is not the current drawing file.

 Command entry: AUDIT