Miscellaneous

Until version 7.3 the back-up manager consisted of various functions. Automatic archiving has been realized through the regular production of zip files, which required lots of disk space in case of certain project sizes.

With version 8 a new feature is developed that works according to the principle of a versioning tool. It no longer stores the complete project, but only the changes as of a certain time. The space requirement is reduced significantly. With the new feature, you can archive the in between states of your project at any time, add comments and restore them. You will also be protected against data loss that can occur due to hardware failures (such as a corrupt hard disk).

Note:
The automatic back-up function protects you against inadvertent program terminations, which will not affect this function. The back-up function runs independent in the back ground and is executed every 5 minutes.

The archive function

• Automatic archiving
• Manual archiving
• Restore previous version
• Restore archive as separate project

The backup functions

• Configure backup
• Create manual backup
• Restore backup

The backup functions are designed to protect against data loss, which can result from hardware failure (such as a corrupt hard disk). Use this option if you manage your projects, for example on a local hard disk of the workstation and do not perform regular backups.

• Set the path for the backup directory, for example on a server drive of external hard disk.
• Activate  Automatically save intermediate states as backup. The automatically archived version are also copied to the backup directory. In the event of a hardware failure, the data can be restored from this location.

Note:
In case you manage your projects in an environment with automatic data backup, you can select not to backup with DDS-CAD.