Timesheet Woes made Less Painful

[r.grandmaison]

Ever have the need to reconstruct your AutoCAD work day for timekeeping purposes? I have.

1. Keep a log file folder on your local machine in some easily accessible location.
2. Modify your QSAVE button to include the following:
^C^C_date;(strcat (getvar "dwgprefix") (getvar "dwgname"));_qsave

Now, when you hit your QSAVE button (if you're a QSAVE button guy like I am) within your log file will be the network location and name of the drawing you were working on and the time/date you hit that QSAVE button. Just go back then to your logfiles folder, organize by date, and examine the contents of the drawing logfiles as necessary.

Cheers,

Robert

PS: I suppose one could redefine the QSAVE command to include that as well...but, like I said, I'm a button kind of guy with QSAVE...though a keyboardist at heart.

[JASONM30395]

You can also use the HISTORY option under in the open dialogue box

[kevinlaffey]

hi.

i've pasted the following:

^C^C_date;(strcat (getvar "dwgprefix") (getvar "dwgname"));_qsave

into my pgp file, because i'm not a button kind of guy, but when i try to reinitialise the pgp file i get the following error message:

Syntax error in acad.pgp file on line 304 in field 2
(the aliased command must be a single word)

any ideas?

thanks.

[Mike.Perry]

i've pasted the following:

^C^C_date;(strcat (getvar "dwgprefix") (getvar "dwgname"));_qsave

into my pgp file, because i'm not a button kind of guy, but when i try to reinitialise the pgp file i get the following error message:

Syntax error in acad.pgp file on line 304 in field 2
(the aliased command must be a single word)Hi

Acad.pgp does / will not except LISP functions / statements.

Have a good one, Mike

[LanceMcHatton]

hi.

i've pasted the following:

^C^C_date;(strcat (getvar "dwgprefix") (getvar "dwgname"));_qsave

into my pgp file, because i'm not a button kind of guy, but when i try to reinitialise the pgp file i get the following error message:

Syntax error in acad.pgp file on line 304 in field 2
(the aliased command must be a single word)

any ideas?

thanks.
You could turn it into a LISP instead. Let me know if you need help with that.

[jaberwok]

i've pasted the following:

^C^C_date;(strcat (getvar "dwgprefix") (getvar "dwgname"));_qsave

into my pgp file

Is that actually going to do anything - even on a button?

It gathers information but what does it do with it?

[cwade]

I used it as a base to redefine the qsave command to log into a deperate file everytime a file is saved.

[david_peterson]

I just look at my log file. Autosave set to 1 min also give me just about a play by play of my day.