It would be helpful to have an autosave function for PDFs being used in Revu. Currently this does not exist and would be very beneficial.
@Luke Shiras I agree with these, there are times where you go to shutdown your computer and Bluebeam is in the background and that wipes all save data. @Alan A. It's nice that the pop-up shows up but the autosave would cover you for the times that there is a computer shut down where you forgot to save or an automatic update as others have mentioned.
The main reason why we don't support autosave the way it is being requested is that saving a file needs to reset the undo list. The experience would be that upon every save, undo would get cleared, so every 5min or so undo would appear to no longer work. This would be very annoying if you make a change right before autosave, and then do Ctrl+Z expecting the change to revert, and nothing happens because a save just took place. Any thoughts on this experience? Is it worth sacrificing undo so that files save automatically on some interval?
@Peter Noyes
I can see that being a potential issue for some people. Instead of making autosave standard, maybe offer to have the option within the settings and have it specified that UNDOs may be deleted as the autosave cycles through.
In my opinion I would rather the autosave over the undo functionality, typically if I undo something it is almost immediately after what I just did, I don't think I have had to undo more than 2-3 times in a row.
But this is my experience, and everyone else's may vary
I would look at how AutoCAD implements autosave files. It saves a backup file to a designated folder on your computer in addition to the original file with each autosave. You can then get the backup file when(not if) you need it. Maybe you could have the autosave to a backup file and not overwrite the original. Would that save the undo feature?
Either way i would like the option to autosave somehow. I am sure it would have saved me 10s and 10s of hours of rework over the years. You can have the option to set the interval to 30 minute or an hour or a 7pm every day so it captures when you leave the computer for a long time. This world reduce the impact on the undo feature. MY main issue is files that have been open for hours and i get sidetracked somehow and don't get right back to it.
i have also lost work to windows updates and closing a file by accident without saving.
The lack of autosave is my one real issue with Bluebeam.
Thanks
I lost hours of markups by closing a file accidentally without saving. Is there a way to access Recover without a crash? I would gladly accept a reduction in the quantity of undo's in favor of an autosave feature.
As much as I'm a fan of features that save me from myself, I have to be cautious of what I wish for. The denser side of my better judgement regularly opens existing PDFs, makes a bunch of edits, then ultimately SaveAs under another document name. I would not be happy with an overwritten original. Of course I should change my bad habit. If implemented, I would expect it to be an On/Off checkbox in Preferences.
Personally, I believe UNDO trumps AutoSave. Cringe moments due to my behavior are learning experiences. Cringe moments due to program behavior start crusades to replace it. UNDO is too important and too ingrained in every Windows computer user to mess with it.
This isn't a new suggestion. What will it take for you to listen to your users?
Time and money. 😁
All joking aside, this would be a nice feature. I read somewhere here that adding autosave would limit how far the undo feature could go back (autosave would delete the history). And while we think "Word makes it work" I'm guessing that the core BB code doesn't work the same way.
In the mean time, we could always turn our documents into sessions and not worry about losing our work.
Merged some posts for better visibility and vote count. Had some duplicate requests.
Autosave is an absolute must.
I have never worked in a program that is so easy to close without saving. Many hours lost due to this issue. Test the closing/saving process and figure out why it doesn't work, then fix it. It usually happens when more than 1 tab is open. Great program for markups but is ultimately brought down by failing to save and the complexity of Studio, Cloud, iPad and no Mac app.
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