Managing backups – anything that can go wrong, will go wrong!?
Here are some tips for managing backups of your engineering drawings:
- Keep a record! Hard copies with changes scribbled on them should be filed in a project folder. This way they can be looked at later to see why a change was made. Include asbuilts in your records.
- All revision bumps should be saved out as PDFs. It only takes a second, and means you can refer to old drawings easily when needed. Another tip is to ensure you have ’Previous Version’ enabled within your system setup.
- Redundant saves in an ordered environment is not confusing and limits the need to bother your IT department to restore backups when required.
- Backup your backups! If your hard drive ever has a problem you will
still need access to the latest files. With the right network setup
this can be done automatically.