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■ Each individual object in a drawing cannot exceed an uncompressed size
limit of 256MB. For example, a mesh object, when saved to a file and
compressed, might be 75MB in size while the same object when
uncompressed might be 257MB.
In these situations, the drawing cannot be saved to an AutoCAD 2007 or earlier
file format until the issues are resolved. You can resolve the size limits by
breaking the drawing or objects up into several drawings or objects.
NOTE When working with the 64-bit release of AutoCAD, you can work more
efficiently with large objects and drawings. However, the drawing files you create
might be too large to open with the 32-bit release of AutoCAD.
See also:
■
Save Drawings to Previous Drawing File Formats on page 1960
■ Work with Drawings in Earlier Releases on page 1954
■ Export Drawings to Other File Formats on page 1938
■ Create Drawing Files for Use as Blocks on page 931
■ Add Identifying Information to Drawings on page 214
■ Create and Restore Backup Files on page 250
■ Share Drawing Files Internationally on page 2092
■ Open and Save Drawing Files from the Internet on page 2088
To save a drawing automatically
1 Click the Application button. At the bottom of the Application menu,
click the Options button.
2 In the Options dialog box, Open and Save tab, select Automatic Save.
3 Enter a number in Minutes Between Saves. Click OK.
To save a backup of the previous version every time the drawing is saved
1 Click the Application button. At the bottom of the Application menu,
click the Options button.
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