AutoCAD 2008 User's Guide > Start, Organize, and Save a Drawing > Repair, Restore, or Recover Drawing Files > Repair a Damaged Drawing File > 
Repair a Damaged Drawing File
Concept Procedure Quick Reference
 
 
 

To repair a damaged drawing file

  1. Click File menu Drawing Utilities Recover.At the Command prompt, enter recover.
  2. In the Select File dialog box, select a file. Click Open.

    After the audit, all objects with errors are placed in the Previous selection set for easy access. The output from the audit is written to an audit log (ADT) file if the AUDITCTL system variable is set to 1 (On).

 Command entry: RECOVER, RECOVERALL