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Recover from a System Failure
Concept Procedure Quick Reference
 
 
 

To restore a drawing using the Drawing Recovery Manager

  1. If necessary open the Drawing Recovery Manager.
  2. In the Drawing Recovery Manager, under Backup Files, double-click a drawing node to list all available drawing and backup files.
  3. Double-click a file to open it.

    If the drawing file is damaged, the drawing is automatically repaired, if possible.

 Command entry: DRAWINGRECOVERY