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#81763 by RHerbage
Wed Nov 23, 2022 5:25 pm
DataCAD 22 keeps crashing on our workstations and does not save the work done. Once you reboot the datacad program and re-open the effected file,
none of work has been saved and the swp file is not updated. Any ideas of a fix.
#81764 by Neil Blanchard
Sun Nov 27, 2022 2:47 pm
Hello Robert,

Hmmm, well its the crashing that isn't good - but the best/only way to get things saved is to use Control-S as often as you can.

Any thing(s) in particular being done before the crashes? Is it in some specific files, and not others? Or, is it happening when you are doing something?

What version of Windows are you using? If its Windows 11, there may be things that can be done - I don't use Win11; but there have been threads on this, I think?
#81765 by Joseph Baron
Mon Nov 28, 2022 10:55 am
RHerbage wrote:DataCAD 22 keeps crashing on our workstations...

How many of your computers is DataCAD crashing on?

You could try turning on logging, refer to https://www.datacad.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=17829&p=81714&hilit=logging#p81714
#81766 by RHerbage
Mon Nov 28, 2022 11:48 am
We have 4 stations running DataCAD 22 with a save timer set at 5 minutes. I reset the session locations to be on each
computers c: drive in the DataCAD22 directory. All stations are networked to a central drive that the project files
are located on. Each station will freeze and require a reboot with loss of work up to the point of reboot. We have been
running DataCAD since 1987 and never experienced this before.
#81767 by Dave
Tue Nov 29, 2022 11:49 pm
What is the full path to where the auto save is going?

DaveR
#81969 by RHerbage
Mon Feb 06, 2023 3:08 pm
Dave,
The autosave, set at 5 minutes, is going to the E:\ Drive where the drawings are located which is on my computer station. It crashes when trying to save on exit and you get the following Error message "DataCAD (internal diagnostics) fault 8 Error from: 809". Session backups are not being added to the folder for that drawing file but the swp file is located in the temporary folder. It frustrating to spend a couple of hours on a drawing only to have it crash without the autosaves being done on the times as set.
#81970 by joshhuggins
Mon Feb 06, 2023 3:53 pm
My first instinct is this sounds like a hardware or drive / network resource permissions issue, but since we can't troubleshoot that too much from here, if you could open your dcadwin.ini file, copy the contents, come to the forum to reply and then click the 'Code display' </> icon which should inset a [code] [/code} and paste your dcadwin.ini file contents between these two code sections so we can take a look at your ini file and see if anything stands out.

Does the issue happen with a new blank AEC file?
#81971 by RHerbage
Mon Feb 06, 2023 6:18 pm
Code: Select all[General]
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Always Show Password=False
AndCopyRemembersStatus=False
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Automatic Crossing Selection=False
Autosave Interval=5
CapsLock=False
CenterDialogBoxes=False
CLIPCUBE_DISPLAY=True
CommaKeyErasesLastEntity=True
Copy Keeps Groups=True
Create Session Files=True
CTRL_SCROLL_WHEEL_ZOOM=False
DEFAULT_DRAWING_NAME=.AEC
Disable Line Weight Hot Key=False
Double Click For Properties=True
Double Click For RFM=True
Double Click For Symbol Editor=False
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EditForceTo3D=True
FONTNAME_TTF=ARIAL
FONTNAME=ROMANS
Insert Key Disabled=False
Left+Right Mouse Button Panning=True
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MinusKeyTogglesOvershoot=True
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PKeyRememberFreeZoom=False
PKeyRememberPanScroll=False
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Prevent Windows Sleep=False
Reverse Scroll Wheel Zoom=False
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SaveAs Uses Current Drawing Folder=True
Shift For Implied Deselect=False
Shift For Implied Match=False
Show Absolute Zero=True
Show Current Reference Point=False
Show Hatch During Drag=False
Show Object Snap Point=False
SHX Conversion=100
Spacebar For Distance Input=False
TXTSCALE=False
USE_DFLT_DWG=False

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PATH_BATCH_PRINT=Print\Batch Print\Output\
PATH_BMP=Support Files\Toolbars\
PATH_CLIPBOARDFILES=Clipbooks\
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PATH_DCRENDER=RAY\
PATH_DEFAULT_DWG=Default Drawings\
PATH_DEFAULTS=Support Files\Program Defaults\
PATH_DIMSTYLES=Support Files\Dimension Styles\
PATH_DOORTYPES=Support Files\Door Types\
PATH_DRAWING=E:\2022\22-0290 1018 County Line Rd\Architecture\Plansets\
PATH_DXF=E:\2022\22-0020 Gonzales Projects\22-0020-01 Camino Bandera\Correspondence\Export\
PATH_EXCELFILES=Excel\
PATH_FONT=Fonts\
PATH_FORMS=Report Forms\
PATH_GUI_DESKTOPS=Support Files\GUI\Desktops\
PATH_GUI_FILES=Support Files\
PATH_GUI_USERS=Support Files\GUI\Users\
PATH_HATCHPATTERNS=Support Files\Hatch Patterns\
PATH_HELP=Help\
PATH_INSERTMETAFILE=Metafiles\
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PATH_LAYOUT=Layout\
PATH_LINETYPES=Support Files\Line Types\
PATH_MACROS=Macros\
PATH_MESSAGES_LABELS_MENU=Support Files\Messages and Labels\
PATH_O2C_MAT=Materials\
PATH_O2C_TEX=Textures\
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PATH_O2CMATERIALBASEPATH=Materials\
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PATH_OUTPUT=Plot Files\
PATH_PALETTES=Support Files\Color Palettes\
PATH_PDF_MERGE=Print\Batch Print\Output\Merged\
PATH_PENTABLE=Support Files\Pen Tables\
PATH_PLOTTERSETTINGSPATH=Support Files\Plotter Settings\
PATH_PRINT=Print\
PATH_RECOVERY=RECOVER_ARCHIVE\
PATH_SAVEASPDF=E:\2022\22-0290 1018 County Line Rd\Architecture\Plansets\Pdf sets\
PATH_SESSIONS=D:\DataCAD\Session Backup\
PATH_SHADER=E:\2023\23-0030 8900 22nd St Phoenix, AZ\
PATH_SKETCHUP=SketchUp\
PATH_SMARTDOORSYMBOLPATH=Symbols\
PATH_SMARTWINDOWSYMBOLPATH=Symbols\
PATH_SPELLCHECK=Support Files\Dictionaries\
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PATH_SYM_INSERT=Symbols\
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PATH_TEMPLATE=Templates\00-GRPHC\
PATH_TXTSTYLES=Support Files\Text Styles\
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PATH_UTILITY=Utility\
PATH_WALLTYPES=Support Files\Wall Types\
PATH_WINDOWTYPES=Support Files\Window Types\
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Get Radius=False
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Get Z=False
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Layer Audit=False
Layer Rebuild Table Backward=False
Layer Rebuild Table Forward=False
Load XRefs=True
Polyline Duplicate Vertices=True
Polyline Invalid Vertex Chains=False
Regen On Load=True
SelSet Rebuild=False
SelSet Validate=True
SWOTHLUDFBK Off=False
Symbol Count=True
Symbol Entity Invalid=True
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XREF Duplicate Attributes=False
XRef/Symbol Insertion Zero=True
Z Max=10000000
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[Batch Print Naming]
Count Has Leading Zeros=True
Custom="Custom"
Date Format=yyyy.mm.dd
Separator=" - "

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Collate=True
Column Width File Output=38
Column Width Layout=38
Ignore File Open Errors=True
Include GoTo Views=True
Include MSP Sheets=True
Include Quick Layout=True
Merge PDFs=False
Merged PDFs Name=
Open Output Folder After Batch=False
PDF Layers=None
Preview Time=5
Print To=Device
Reverse Order=False
Row Highlighting=False
Show Preview=True
Skip Screen Redraws=True

[Classic Interface]
Navigation=False
Projection=False
Status=False

[Clipboard]
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CopyInColor=True
MultiStroke=True

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DataCAD Logging=FALSE
Draw Text Insertion Point=False
Hide Paper Space Entities=TRUE
Max Matrix Exponent=40
New Batch Printing=TRUE

[Dialogs]
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Save for Multiple Desktops=FALSE
Size=100

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POINT_SIZE=9
STYLE=

[DXF_DWG]
Adjust Text Sizing=True
Bind XRefs to Symbols=False
Custom Lines=True
Explode 3D=False
Flatten All Entities=True
Interactive=True
Last Export=3
Merge Symbol Layers=False
Self Xrefs Only=False
Settings File=TRANSFER.INI
TBL File=True
ToAbsZero=True
Xref Export=True

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Extension=PNG
o2c Preview=False
Preview Forced Save=False
Preview=True

[Hatch/Linetype Preview]
Size=128

[HatchPatterns]
Converted=True
Scale to View=True
ShowExternal=True

[Highlight]
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Pen Style=3
Spacing=8.0
Width=1

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Delay=100
Dynamic Snap Delay=200
Dynamic Snap Hide Delay=2400
Dynamic Snap Hint=True
Dynamic Snap Type=1
Dynamic Snap=True
Hide Delay=2400
Inference Snapping=False

[KeyFile]
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KeyFileName=Draw
KeyFileName2=Edit
KeyFileName3=Model
KeyFileName4=Notate
Standard=Draw
Use External Icons=False

[License]
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License ID=64859695
License Password=´Æͪ˧ÍÊ

[LineTypes]
Converted=True
ShowExternal=True

[MenuBtn]
BTN_HEIGHT=0
BTN_SPACING=1
BTN_WIDTH=12
Classic=False
FONTNAME=Segoe UI
POINT_SIZE=9
ShortLabels=False
STYLE=
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FunctionKey=148 148 128
HighLight=43 72 160
HighLightActiveLyrClr=43 72 160
HighLightActiveLyrTextClr=255 255 255
HighLightOffClr=43 72 160
HighLightOffTextClr=255 255 255
HighLightOnClr=43 72 160
HighLightOnTextClr=255 255 255
HighLightTextClr=255 255 255
LayerButtonActive=43 72 160
NormalButton=0 0 0
ToggleButtonOff=153 0 51
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[MultiView Windows]
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Dockable to Left=True
Dockable to Right=True
Dockable to Top=True
Docked Height=
Docked Width=
Magnetize=False
Min Height=
Min Width=
Scale Correction Percentage=100
Snap Distance=0

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Center Point=True
End Point=True
Fast 3D=True
Fast Symbol=True
Intersection=True
Layer Snap=True
Mid Point=True
Miss Distance=True
Nearest=False
Number of Points=True
Offset Distance=True
Offset=True
On Screen=True
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Quadrant=True
Quick=True
Search Hatch=True
Selection Set=True
Tangent=True
Virtual=True

[Paragraph Text]
Line Feed Distance Equals Text Height=True

[PDF Security]
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Commenting=True
Content Accessibility=True
Content Copying=True
Document Assembly=True
Form Filling=True
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Printing High Resolution=True
Printing=True

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Image Top=0
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Watermark Text=

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PDFLayering=0

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Print Bitmaps=DEFAULT
Print Fills=DEFAULT
Print Hatch=DEFAULT
Print Knockouts=DEFAULT
Print Line Types=DEFAULT
Print Line Weight=DEFAULT
Print Smart Wall Fill=DEFAULT
Print Smart Wall Hatch=DEFAULT
Print Text=DEFAULT

[Recent File List]
FILE1=E:\2022\22-0290 1018 County Line Rd\Architecture\Plansets\22-0290-T01-rB1.aec
FILE2=E:\2022\22-0290 1018 County Line Rd\Architecture\Plansets\22-0290-T01-rA.aec
FILE3=E:\2022\22-0290 1018 County Line Rd\Architecture\Plansets\22-0290-A01-rB1.aec
FILE4=E:\2022\22-0290 1018 County Line Rd\Architecture\Plansets\22-0290-A02-1-rB1.aec

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DIR1=E:\2022\22-0290 1018 County Line Rd\Architecture\Plansets\
DIR2=E:\2022\22-0290 1018 County Line Rd\Architecture\Basesheets\Details\S01\
DIR3=E:\2022\22-0290 1018 County Line Rd\Architecture\Basesheets\Details\A01\
DIR4=T:\HDG Projects\HDG Details\HDG Details-Current\02-FOUND\1-exterior\

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Edit Materials=True
Load Materials=True
Material By Color=True
Material By Layer=True
Object Viewer=True
Rendering Settings=True
Sun Shader=True

[Single Line Text]
Line Feed Distance Equals Text Height=True

[SSCE USer]
AutoCorrect=0

[Standard Toolbar]
STD_ClipboardSelect=True
STD_Copy=True
STD_Cut=True
STD_Help=False
STD_Hyperlink=False
STD_InsertBMP=False
STD_InsertXREF=False
STD_NewFile=True
STD_OpenFile=True
STD_Order=False
STD_Paste=True
STD_Print=True
STD_Redo=False
STD_Save=True
STD_SpellCheck=False
STD_Undo=False

[StatusArea]
ButtonColors=True
ButtonDoorTypes=True
ButtonGotoViews=True
ButtonLayers=True
ButtonLayerSearch=True
ButtonLineTypes=True
ButtonPlotterMenu=True
ButtonSelSets=True
ButtonWallTypes=True
ButtonWindowTypes=True
DropDownColors=True
DropDownDoorTypes=True
DropDownGotoViews=True
DropDownInputModes=True
DropDownLayers=True
DropDownLineTypes=True
DropDownPlotScales=True
DropDownScales=True
DropDownSelSets=True
DropDownWallTypes=True
DropDownWidth=24
DropDownWindowTypes=True
MaxColors=15
MaxDoorTypes=15
MaxGotoViews=15
MaxLayers=15
MaxLineTypes=15
MaxScales=15
MaxWallTypes=15
MaxWindowTypes=15

[Symbol Attributes]
Databases Have Header Row=False

[SymbolBrowser]
BrowseType=NONE
DockWidth=0
Max Favorites=4
Max Recent=4
MaxAutoDivisionsX=3
MaxAutoDivisionsY=15
Resizable Folder Browser=True
Sort Favorites=False
Sort Recent=False

[Text Editor]
Current Zoom=100

[Toolbars]
DockedCloseButton=True
FONTNAME=Segoe UI
HideWhenInactive=True
Locked=1
POINT_SIZE=9
Resizable=True
Stretched=True
STYLE=
Suppress Macro Hint Toolbar=False

[Undo]
Disable During Import=True

[Update]
Initial 14=4/23/2022

[Viewer Toolbar]
Add GoTo View=True
Clip Cube On=True
Hidden Line Removal=True
Look Down=True
Look Left=True
Look Right=True
Look Up=True
New Clip Cube=True
Object Viewer=True
OpenGL Shader=True
Refresh View=True
Rotate +X=True
Rotate +Y=True
Rotate -X=True
Rotate -Y=True
Step Down=True
Step Left=True
Step Right=True
Step Up=True
Sun Shader=True
Update GoTo View=True
Walk Backward=True
Walk Forward=True

[XRefs]
Always Update GTV Links=False
Auto Convert=False
Display Nesting=False
Dynamic Snapping=True
XRefs Auto-Refresh on Regen=True

[ToolBox]
MCR_01=C:\DataCAD 22\Macros\3DLINCVT.DCX
MCR_02=C:\DataCAD 22\Macros\3DSTAIRS.DCX
MCR_03=C:\DataCAD 22\Macros\ADDTEXT5.DCX
MCR_04=C:\DataCAD 22\Macros\AEC_MODL.DCX
MCR_05=C:\DataCAD 22\Macros\ARROW.DCX
MCR_06=C:\DataCAD 22\Macros\BEAMSIZR.DCX
MCR_07=C:\DataCAD 22\Macros\CLIPIT.DCX
MCR_08=C:\DataCAD 22\Macros\CLOUDS5.DCX
MCR_09=C:\DataCAD 22\Macros\CONCRETE.DCX
MCR_10=C:\DataCAD 22\Macros\DCAD_AEC.DCX
MCR_11=C:\DataCAD 22\Macros\DOORLABL.DCX
MCR_12=C:\DataCAD 22\Macros\DUCTPRO.DCX
MCR_13=C:\DataCAD 22\Macros\DWGDOC.DCX
MCR_14=C:\DataCAD 22\Macros\DXF-PREP.DCX
MCR_15=C:\DataCAD 22\Macros\EZ_ DOORS.DCX
MCR_16=C:\DataCAD 22\Macros\EZ_Arches.DCX
MCR_17=C:\DataCAD 22\Macros\EZ_Colonnade.DCX
MCR_18=C:\DataCAD 22\Macros\EZ_Elevs.DCX
MCR_19=C:\DataCAD 22\Macros\EZ_Joist.DCX
MCR_20=C:\DataCAD 22\Macros\EZ_Paneling.DCX
MCR_21=C:\DataCAD 22\Macros\EZ_Parking.dcx
MCR_22=C:\DataCAD 22\Macros\EZ_Stairs.DCX
MCR_23=C:\DataCAD 22\Macros\EZ_Storefront.dcx
MCR_24=C:\DataCAD 22\Macros\EZTOOLS.DCX
MCR_25=C:\DataCAD 22\Macros\FATAL.DCX
MCR_26=C:\DataCAD 22\Macros\FATAL5.DCX
MCR_27=C:\DataCAD 22\Macros\FC.DCX
MCR_28=C:\DataCAD 22\Macros\FC5.DCX
MCR_29=C:\DataCAD 22\Macros\FORMATR.DCX
MCR_30=C:\DataCAD 22\Macros\FRAMEIT.DCX
MCR_31=C:\DataCAD 22\Macros\LIN2WALL.DCX
MCR_32=C:\DataCAD 22\Macros\POLYLINE.DCX
MCR_33=C:\DataCAD 22\Macros\RoofIt.dcx
MCR_34=C:\DataCAD 22\Macros\STRCHPT5.DCX
MCR_35=C:\DataCAD 22\Macros\TXTLINE.DCX
MCR_36=C:\DataCAD 22\Macros\VELOCITY.DCX
MCR_37=C:\DataCAD 22\Macros\WNDWLABL.DCX

[Purge]
LineTypes(Manual)=FALSE
Symbols(Manual)=FALSE
Layers(Manual)=FALSE
HatchPatterns(Manual)=FALSE
Styles(Manual)=FALSE
Materials(Manual)=FALSE

[Layer Manager]
IndexColWidth=24
OnOffColWidth=26
LockedColWidth=35
ColorColWidth=39
NameColWidth=361
CountColWidth=50
ReadBitmaps=False
Persistent=True
List Font Name=Segoe UI
Dynamic Updates=True
List Font Size=9

#81977 by Joseph Baron
Wed Feb 08, 2023 12:37 pm
It looks like your Sessions are set for D:\ instead of E:\

PATH_SESSIONS=D:\DataCAD\Session Backup\

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