If a user's connection to the Flex cloud storage is interrupted, for example due to a loss of internet connection, they may be required to sign in again. If an interruption occurs, or in case someone unlocks a design in Flex and makes changes while that user is offline, Flex will save a backup of the open Design locally.
These backups are created:
- Automatically - every 10 minutes.
- Each time you do a manual save.
Creation of the backups
These local backups are created as follows:
- Automatically every 10 mins once a drawing is opened, also each time Save is clicked (or Ctrl + S) in a design; a backup file is created in the local Export folder.
- For Flex users it is created in Export/Flex/Company/Project/Design/Backup
NOTE!: Auto Save in case of a crash works as usual.
Naming of the files
Only the last two Saves are kept and they will be named as follows:
- 01_Design_save_(ProjectNr-Space-Nr-DesignNr)_current.drw
- 02_Design_save_(ProjectNr-Space-Nr-DesignNr)_backup.drw
01 will always be the last backup made automatically or manually i.e. the newest file.
02 will always be the previous backup made automatically or manually i.e. the older file.
Note: When you open a design that has an existing backup this will be saved as Design_save_(ProjectNr-Space-Nr-DesignNr)_last_open.drw
In this way designs that have been worked on for several weeks will not be lost, whether regular manual Saves are performed or not. If the worst does happen the design can be imported from File as a new Design see article Importing a Project or design from file
Creation of backup when storage is interrupted
If your internet crashes, or in the case that someone unlocks a design in the Flex platform and makes changes while that user is offline, designs are saved in the Export Directory in the Backup Folder.