Constant 'random' refreshing.

[Anonymous]

I am having a problem with AC.

Seemingly at random, usually when I am not working with archicad I get a little hour glass symbol, and then the whole of archicad momentarily refreshes, like I am switching between applications, but of course I am not.

Does anyone have an answer to how I can stop this? It does actually interrupt partially completed commands, like drag a copy.

Frustratingly,

Roolio

[__archiben]

Roolio wrote:
Seemingly at random, usually when I am not working with archicad I get a little hour glass symbol, and then the whole of archicad momentarily refreshes, like I am switching between applications, but of course I am not.

that'll be the autosave kicking in!

Does anyone have an answer to how I can stop this? It does actually interrupt partially completed commands, like drag a copy.

personally i'd leave it well alone! you could try adjusting the setting in your 'Data Safety' tab of the work environment's user preferences . . .

~/archiben

[Anonymous]

Thank you for that Mr ~/archiben.

God what a nuisance that is, have set it to 30 seconds, I'd rather lose work than have that happen all the time.

Why can it just not do that?

Roolio

[Anonymous]

Keep your mouse moving and it won't perform the Autosave until it stops.

[__archiben]

Roolio wrote:
Why can it just not do that?

you can turn autosave off altogether - again in the 'data safety' tab of the work environment user preferences - but you're a braver man than me if that's what you want to do! i certainly wouldn't recommend doing that.

also - you could look at changing your autosave settings to something with a longer gap (every 30 steps or 5 minutes?)

why is it bothering you so much? how long does it take? normally it's a split second for me . . .

~/archiben

[Link]

God what a nuisance that is, have set it to 30 seconds, I'd rather lose work than have that happen all the time.

Why can it just not do that?

It can mate - you can turn Autosave off or just increase the amount of time or number of steps that autosave is triggered.

Cheers,
Link.

[Anonymous]

I would rather not lose work at all, but it refreshes out of the corner of my eye and although it takes virtually no time at all it has interfered with some commands, like when I am using a calculator to check a dimension.

I think that the max you can do is 15 seconds because I set it to 30 and it changed it to 15.

In any case why does it have to interfere with a command in progress, that is just plain stupid. I mean something that is supposed to provide you with data security stuffing up work you are currently working on!

Does it update the database in the PLN file rather than re-saving the whole file? Microstation used to save every item you drew straight away without making the whole program refresh in front of you.

Oh the humanity!

Raoul

[__archiben]

Roolio wrote:
In any case why does it have to interfere with a command in progress, that is just plain stupid. I mean something that is supposed to provide you with data security stuffing up work you are currently working on!

mate - try this:

keep autosave on, but set it to save every 15 steps in the main autosave settings rather than the autosave kick-in delay settings . . . see how you go with that.

~/archiben

[Anonymous]

Thanks for your level headed responses to all this.

I shall try your suggestion. I have now let off my steam.

Raoul

[Barry Kelly]

Roolio wrote:
Thanks for your level headed responses to all this.

I shall try your suggestion. I have now let off my steam.

Raoul

500 seconds is the limit I get (V8.1) - but I have it set to every 10 steps myself.

It shouldn't be autosaving (no matter what the settings) untill there is a pause in activity (i.e. you stop doing anything for a couple of seconds.

But you mentioned you got the hourglass symbol?
I always thought the autosave looked like a little bulldozer (on PC anyway) - unless this has changed in V9.0

So maybe this is not your problem after all?

Barry.