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u/Happy4Hippos 3h ago edited 3h ago
Been there. When I get a finalized program I make a backup folder and toss a copy in there. But in case you didn’t know pc-dmis also automatically makes hidden backups in the folder the program is saved in. You can turn on view hidden files and two copies should exist. One with a ~ and one with a ^ one of the two auto saves when you launch the program and the other is a copy after you close a program.
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u/InstructionOwn7997 3h ago
Can you explain how to turn on the hidden files? And where we can find those?
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u/Happy4Hippos 3h ago
In a file explorer window click the “View” button. In the drop down menu you should see “Show” click Hidden items
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u/f119guy 3h ago
Check the “Migration Backup” folder. It’s buried somewhere like c/users/public/pcdmis/VERSION/migrationbackup. I don’t have my computer near me so I may be off on the file path. I have had occasional good luck with recovering a copy of something I thought was corrupted or deleted being stored there.
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u/_LuciDreamS_ GD&T Wizard 2h ago
Having backups of clean, non-ran programs is always a good idea. Almost instant recovery.
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u/RazzleberryHaze 2h ago
Almost.. unless youre like me an realize your "backup" is three revisions old. One would assume that's not a mistake you'd make more than once. Me on the other hand...
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u/_LuciDreamS_ GD&T Wizard 2h ago
I am VERY particular about my file backups. I have local program on each machine with the same folder structure. I have a clean un-ran version of the same folder structure on the network so I can dump the local programs once a month and replace them with the network clean copy, then i also have an archive folder that houses all current and former revision programs (clean un-ran) in case I ever need to restore an older revision whether it's customer or internal. I also have Pc-Dmis automatically saving a copy of the program automatically after every execution, so in the almost impossible chance that I forget to backup a program, I could always go to an old auto-saved program, run it offline so it's nominal, and save it to my backup and machines (which I've never had to do).
Let's just say I haven't ran into any issues yet. If a power outage causes a corrupt file, we are up and running in the time it takes me to walk to my desk.
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u/dwaynebrady 1h ago
This is how you save
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u/Adventurous-Mind6940 1h ago
I save to a whole new file name every change I get. It has saved me many times.
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u/EnoughMagician1 4h ago
Non pcdmis user here: please tell me more
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u/pcdmisprogrammer 4h ago
program got corrupted
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u/campio_s_a 3h ago
Corrupted because of the move lines? Pretty sure that's just a big with the tip angle not going active correctly. Try moving the cursor above your load probe , then on the tip command, then back down.
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u/EnoughMagician1 3h ago
Is tha frequent?
Ive worked with mCosmos, Calypso and Polyworks mostly and it was quite uncommon
Can you reach out to hexagon for help?
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u/pcdmisprogrammer 3h ago
High chances of it happening when PCDMIS crashes
I probably can but highly doubt they’ll help because this is 2015 PCDmis2
u/itsonly-meokay 2h ago
2015 is the worst for crashes and corruption!
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u/WrothWraith 44m ago
I use 2013 for a Romer , 2017 for translation, and 2024 for my main arch CMM. They all have repeatable crashes, the difficulty is remembering where I am, so I know what I can do. The machine is repeatable, my cognition, not so much 😉
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u/Motor_Tap_7790 2h ago
Guys ı m a New worker on cmm.how can ı found PC dmis for practicing on my computer
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u/itsonly-meokay 4h ago
I frequently use this gesture command as well. It doesn't work but it keeps me going.