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mwlandolsi
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Urgent Help Needed : all my work has disappeared !

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Hello everybody;
Urgent Help Needed : all my work has disappeared !

After hours of working, after saving it and trying opening it again my file would not be open !
can any one help please !
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1u8Xzll ... sp=sharing

OS: Linux Mint 20.1 (X-Cinnamon/cinnamon)
Word size of OS: 64-bit
Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
Version: 2021.717.24301 +3842 (Git) AppImage
Build type: Release
Branch: LinkDaily
Hash: 44be6d539871be4083e83f428e8fcfbcf38408ef
Python version: 3.9.6
Qt version: 5.12.9
Coin version: 4.0.1
OCC version: 7.5.2
Locale: English/United States (en_US)
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Whatever you sent in that link it's not accessible without a gmail account.

Check the directory where you were saving your files - there should be a few of them with numbers added to the file extension.
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/offtopic
mwlandolsi wrote: Thu Jul 29, 2021 4:21 pm [..] Version: 2021.717.24301 +3842 (Git) AppImage
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^^^^ anyone knows how that relates to the normal number of commits?
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PrzemoF wrote: Thu Jul 29, 2021 4:30 pm ^^^^ anyone knows how that relates to the normal number of commits?
This is commit 28143. ;)
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Sorry, there is a file with the same name ending with "1" but when renamed, it could not be opened.
I do not know what is meant by "commit" in this case!
in all cases, this is a file which contains 3d models of parts and drawing. the problem is when my computer went in sleep mode, after waking it up, the freecad is freezed, and the file could not be manipulated and displayed an error in ..../temp/.... folder related to technical drawings. Then closed the software by force and reopened, then the file could not be opened.
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Ignore the commit - that was just for my knowledge.

I'm not a specialist, but:
1. Start FreeCAD from console
2. Open the file
3. Any errors in the console?

What do you mean the file could not be opened? Nothing happens? Errors? FreeCAD freezes?
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Just to make sure: whatever you try, do it on copies of the file!
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chrisb wrote: Thu Jul 29, 2021 10:36 pm Just to make sure: whatever you try, do it on copies of the file!
This is relevant for the backups you're expirimenting with too (file name with a number at the end)!
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It's of course too late now, but I recommend to set the number of backups to a ridiculously high number, especially for newbies is 10 or 20 a good value. And save often.
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PrzemoF wrote: Thu Jul 29, 2021 10:02 pm Ignore the commit - that was just for my knowledge.

I'm not a specialist, but:
1. Start FreeCAD from console
2. Open the file
3. Any errors in the console?

What do you mean the file could not be opened? Nothing happens? Errors? FreeCAD freezes?

Thanks for your answers. Yes, Freecad Freezes and errors on the console indicating that :
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