{"id":1351,"date":"2013-06-10T12:26:55","date_gmt":"2013-06-10T17:26:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cadpanacea.com\/wp\/?p=1351"},"modified":"2016-02-11T07:50:10","modified_gmt":"2016-02-11T13:50:10","slug":"unable-to-save-to-drawing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cadpanacea.com\/wp\/?p=1351","title":{"rendered":"Unable to save drawing…."},"content":{"rendered":"

It is not uncommon to see this problem around the AutoCAD world. You press Ctrl+S or click the save icon and you get a message that says something like this:<\/p>\n

\u201cUnable to save to drawing K:\\mypath\\mydrawing.dwg
\nDrawing saved to SAV98C2.tmp\u201d<\/p>\n

In order to understand why this error happens, you need to understand how AutoCAD saves a drawing.<\/p>\n

When you save a named drawing in AutoCAD, it actually does this (*steps 2 and 3 only occur if you have .BAK file creation enabled<\/i>)<\/p>\n

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Writes the contents of the editor to a .TMP file in the same location as the .DWG. (for example: sav8c.tmp)<\/li>\n
* Deletes the existing .BAK file<\/li>\n
* Renames the existing .DWG to .BAK<\/li>\n
Renames the .TMP file that is just created to .DWG<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
So if the .TMP file is getting created, AutoCAD is doing its job and saving the file but the O\/S, for some reason, is not letting AutoCAD finish the save because it is blocking that last step, the .TMP->.DWG rename. The question is why?<\/p>\n
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The most likely culprit is network issues. Try saving the drawing to a local drive. Does the issue go away?<\/li>\n
I have heard of cases where the network connection was unreliable and the O\/S loses track of what session of AutoCAD has a particular drawing open. This could be the cause also.<\/li>\n
Certain network storage devices may be incompatible with AutoCAD. Check with your IS\/IT people. Has anything changed recently?<\/li>\n
Try to delete, rename, or move the .BAK file that goes with the .DWG. If the .BAK is read-only or otherwise locked itself, then step 2 (above) will fail and stop this whole process. Leaving you with a .TMP file.<\/li>\n
Unlikely, but it\u2019s possible that you have WRITE access but not DELETE access to the location from where you opened the drawing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
In the meantime, do not fear, your work is not lost. You can manually rename the .TMP file to .DWG and maybe start working locally until you can solve the problem.<\/p>\n
Note<\/span>: While looking in the directory where your drawing is located, you might see files with the file extension .DWL and .DWL2. These files have nothing<\/b> to do with AutoCAD\u2019s saving issue. A lot of people will say to delete these files to solve the problem and that is a fallacy. Those two files are only used by the WHOHAS command. File locking is handled 100% by the O\/S<\/a>.<\/p>\n
See also:<\/p>\n
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Saving your Drawing<\/a><\/li>\n
The Autosave Mystery<\/a><\/li>\n
AutoCAD File Save Process<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
It is not uncommon to see this problem around the AutoCAD world. You press Ctrl+S or click the save icon and you get a message that says something like this: \u201cUnable to save to drawing K:\\mypath\\mydrawing.dwg Drawing saved to SAV98C2.tmp\u201d…
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