Saving Data to a File

Keywords

SAVE

Description

The SAVE options allows the user to save any or all of the following types of data to a named file. In each case the user can overwrite an existing file by appending the OVER command to the file name in the usual way.

• The current setup parameters:

  • The obstruction list

  • The limits box co-ordinates

  • The touch and clearance settings

  • Whether or not the midpoint positioning option is in force

  • Any checking options currently specified (e.g. NOCHECK,

  • IGNORE, ACHECK/BCHECK options)

  • Any reporting options currently specified

• The clash details resulting from the most recent clash-checking run, including the relevant checking options and obstruction list for inclusion in future reports

• The current list of approved clashes

  Examples
  SAVE SETUP /CLASH1 SAVE SET /CLASH1 OVER	Saves setup parameters, as listed in the above description, to file /CLASH1
  SAVE CLASHES /CLASH2 SAVE CLA /CLASH2 OVER	Saves clash details, including checking options and obstruction list, to file /CLASH2
  SAVE APPROVED /CLASH3 SAVE APP /CLASH3 OVER	Saves current approval list to the file /CLASH3
  SAVE ALL /CLASH4 SAVE ALL /CLASH4 OVER	Saves setup parameters, clash details and approval list to file /CLASH4

  Note:
  While the SAVE ALL option is often convenient, bear in mind that you cannot later restore only part of the data without affecting the rest. This could mean that when the file is restored you will overwrite some settings that you wish to retain.

Command Syntax

>--- SAVe ---+--- SETup ------.
             |                |
             |--- CLAshes ----|
             |                |
             |--- APProved ---|
             |                |
             ‘--- ALL --------+--- filename ---+--- OVer ---.
                                               |            |
                                               ‘------------+--->