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

Restoring a backup is always necessary if there was a total loss of data. In this case, you can restore the externally saved archives on a spare computer and resume your work. On the replacement computer DDS-CAD must be installed and should have access to the backup directory.

• Start DDS-CAD on the replacement computer and open any project.
• Start the backup/archive function. The dialog "Backup and recovery" appears.
• Click recover (9). The dialog "Recovery from copy" appears.
• Deactivate Restore this project (10).
   The access to source directory and  destination directory is activated.
• Select the source directory (11; =backup directory, location of the backup).
• Select the destination directory (12; location of the restored project on the replacement computer).
• Click Recover (13). The project is restored from the backup. You can continue working.