To use this tool open affected drawing and type WBLOCK on the command line and press enter. Using this method you can export portions of the drawing to an external file but a lot of data like layer information, custom text styles or blocks will be lost. This option should only be used if all of the mentioned methods of drawing recovery fails to recover the drawing. To recover the drawing from backup file rename it to DWG extension. If drawing shows errors after recent system failures, crashes or bugs then you can recover the previous version of the drawing from this backup file. The backup file has BAK extension and it will be created only when the value of ISAVEBAK system variable is set to 1. Whenever you save a drawing a backup file is automatically created in the same folder in which drawing is present. If your drawings happen to contain errors the AutoCAD will repair those errors and open the drawing file with the minimum possible loss of data.Ī message will appear with the number of errors found and repaired from the drawing as shown in the image above. Select the affected DWG, DWT or DWS file and click on open.

To use this command type RECOVER on the command line and press enter. You can use this tool on severely damaged AutoCAD files as well, the tool will attempt to recover as much data as possible from the drawing. If AUDIT fails to fix errors in your drawing then you can try using RECOVER tool as well. An ADT file will be created in the same location where the AutoCAD file is saved and you can open this file using notepad to see the list of all errors. If you want to see the list of errors repaired then change the value of AUDITCTL system variable to 1. The number of errors found and repaired can be seen on the command line as shown in the image below. To use this command type AUDIT on the command line and press enter, then select Yes from the command line options or type Yes and press enter.ĪutoCAD will automatically look for errors in the file and it will fix those errors. This command will check for simple errors in the AutoCAD file and it will attempt to fix those errors. Let’s start with the most basic methods of repairing AutoCAD drawings. You can use some workarounds for repairing that kind of drawings using methods mentioned in this article. There are also many drawings which can hardly be repaired by these tools. Most of the drawings containing errors can be repaired using some well-known tools like AUDIT and RECOVER.

There are many reasons that can cause errors in your drawing but if you keep your AutoCAD drawing clean you can avoid many inadvertent errors.

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