Hi,
I was working on a GC file from last month. I have also generated a node from it (for my GC environment) and I was further improving it. Yesterday I was working on this file and I left my machine as usual and when this morning I started my machine and opened GC connect edition and the same file I was working with yesterday, the file opened but inside the file the whole script appeared was of an another gc file, and the graph and view was completely gone and now I cant even see the script or graph or view of the design.
Does anyone know why it happened and how to retrieve the file, OR to generated the script back from a generated node. Please suggest.
Regards,
Shadab Anjum khan
Hi Anjum,
There is no plausible scenario that comes to my mind which would provide a satisfactory explanation for what you encountered --unless the original file was overwritten by the file with the new content. Depending on how often you have accessed the file, there may still be a *.~gt file which may contain the previous valid version of the file in question.
I'll double-check with the development team; however, I am not optimistic about any capabilities of reverse-engineering the generating script from a generated node. Which version of AECOsim Building Designer/GenerativeComponents are you using? The generated node type's idea is to create an abstracted version of that construction in a way that encapsulates how it is created while exposing its full functionality as designed.
Is there any incremental backup scheme set up for your data which might allow retrieval of the previous day's version?
Perhaps someone else has helpful suggestions.
Volker
Hi Volker,
I am using update 2 (version 10.02.00.37) Connection edition.
ANJUM
This is our latest released version. We had eliminated some challenges with opening files in sequence already.
The symptoms you describe (changed content of file) are unfamiliar.
We need reproducible steps that create this type of error in order to eliminate it.
I understand this is frustrating because the situation you describe does not lend itself to recollection of all steps, and even then won't necessarily lead to creating the same symptoms.