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Archicad always wants to 'save as', & overwrite original fil

Anonymous
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Sorry if this has been addressed. I could not find it via search.

Much of the time when I go to save a solo project, like when opening another project. Archicad wants to save it as 'untitled', and I have to find the original file location, change the name to the desired one, then overwrite it. I thought I had it fixed by resolving all the library & material conflicts, but am still getting this behavior (and have for a while across multiple versions)

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Anonymous
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Sorry for the bump, but would love to solve this.
Djordje
Ace
Are you opening an existing file or starting a new one?

Every time you start a new file, it will be Untitled until you save it with a name in the appropriate folder.
Djordje



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Anonymous
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It is when I open an existing file, work on it, and then save.
Anonymous
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svenl wrote:
It is when I open an existing file, work on it, and then save.
I have the same issue. When I open existing file, command "File->Save" (or cmd+S) causes "save as" dialog to appear!
What is good - that after I overwrite existing file, all the next savings work well.

But the next time I open this file - everything repeats.
Eduardo Rolon
Moderator
Check that you are not opening a Template file instead of a PLN.
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Laszlo Nagy
Community Admin
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This is just an idea:
Also check if you have write permission for that file or folder.
Maybe ArchiCAD offers Save As because it cannot perform the normal Save because of such constraints.
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Anonymous
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Bump!
same problem here
Anonymous
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Checking out your Keyboard Shortcuts settings for the "save" and "save as" commands within the Work Environment dialog box might be a good idea in addition to the suggestions made earlier.
Anonymous
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try everything.... don't work. Still the issue
i'm using Archicad 14 edu on Mac Osx snow leopard