PM mode file store...

[mkennedy2000]

@Renerabbittor anyone else - Do you know where CA hides the files when in PM mode? I'm still ambivalent about PM (it solves a problem I don't have, it creates extra steps when working with others but I love the concept and the project browser) so i find myself disabling and reenabling from time to time. Along the way it seems to have misplaced an entire days work - the layout thumbnail is correct, but the layout and plan are missing a lot of work. I didn't really pay attention to the back up setting, so although there's an archived folder with a the right date and time, it appears to be the very outdated CAD. Fortunately I had sent a 3d model with notes, so I can recapture the annotation. Just annoying to have to redo all that work.

[Renerabbitt]

7 hours ago, mkennedy2000 said:

@Renerabbittor anyone else - Do you know where CA hides the files when in PM mode? I'm still ambivalent about PM (it solves a problem I don't have, it creates extra steps when working with others but I love the concept and the project browser) so i find myself disabling and reenabling from time to time. Along the way it seems to have misplaced an entire days work - the layout thumbnail is correct, but the layout and plan are missing a lot of work. I didn't really pay attention to the back up setting, so although there's an archived folder with a the right date and time, it appears to be the very outdated CAD. Fortunately I had sent a 3d model with notes, so I can recapture the annotation. Just annoying to have to redo all that work.

They are encrypted files inside of program data. Not useful, you may be able to find temp files in your temp directory which CA uses to cache the project management. 

Also triple check archives, I find that there are usually multiple copies .

The other thing to do is turn back on project management.

I think ca might not write to the cache when you turn off pm in the middle of a session which is how you could lose a days work