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2010-11-17 |
• ArchiCAD 14 |
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• Mac OS X |
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How to recover lost TeamWork projects
Server side data recovery
When should I choose the server side option?
- If you have server backups which can be used
- The projects haven't changed much compared to the state in your backup
- There is no client side version of the project - all users have left the project
To recover the projects on the server side please see this article: Multi Modular BIM Server Backup and Restore
Client side project recovery
When should I recover the project on the client side?
- The BIM Server/BIM Server data is not available
- On the client(s) a more up to date version of the projects are present
- There is at least one user who is in joined state in the project
What is client side data
After you joined a TeamWork project ArchiCAD will create a local cache of the TeamWork data, so only the deltas will travel through the network and all your changes will be saved here even if you work in offline mode. This local copy will remain until you leave the project, or remove the local data using Local Data Manager. (TeamWork menu/Project/Local Data Manager) Here you can check when you last used the project and the physical paths to where the data is stored.
General workflow - there is no running Server
1. Find the most up to date version of the project
- After the server becomes unavailable, some users will have not sent changes. It is worth it to find the most up to date client and use that for data recovery. The other users also should consider saving their data, to make it possible to copy-paste their unsent changes to the project once it is shared.
2. Open the TW project on the client
- Open ArchiCAD on the client which you chose in the previous step and open the project.
- This will be possible from your local cache even if the server is offline - there will be a message stating you are working in offline mode.
3. Save a pln
From the project, save a pln. You can continue to work in that file in solo mode, or you can create a new TeamWork project.
4. Share the project again
After the server is running again, or has been re-installed, the pln can be shared again: Open the pln and share it: Teamwork menu/Project/Share
- If only the project has troubles, but the rest of the server is fine, many just delete the problematic project from the server. In this way, they can re-use the same name when they share again.
5. Join the newly created TW project and continue to work
- Join the project with the other team members, everyone can copy paste their unsent changes and continue the project.
The Server is running again, but the project is missing
1. The server runs but the project is missing
In case the server runs, but does not have the project you would recover - eg: the server was re-installed, or a new computer was set as BIM Server there will be an error message: Project not found on the server.
Click on Continue Anyway to open the local copy of the project.
Clicking on Close & Delete Local Project Data will permanently delete the project from your hard drive.
2. Not only the project but the user is missing
In case you have a new BIM Server where not only the project but the user is missing ArchiCAD will give an Authentication Failed error message.
Click on Cancel to bypass the authentication. In the next dialog you can choose Continue Offline option.
Recovery possibilities if the local data is deleted
1. Where can I find my local data - local cache
On Mac: /Users/<username>/Library/Application Support/Graphisoft/TW Data/AC-<version>
On Windows Xp: C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Graphisoft\TW Data\AC-<version>
On Windows Vista/7: C:\Users\<username>\Graphisoft\TW Data\AC-<version>
2. I've already left the project/deleted the local TW data 
- If you have backup system like - Time Machine, Windows backup etc - it might be possible to recover the deleted folder even the success is not guaranteed. In case the backup was created when the project was used it is possible that the local database's files are not consistent - were not created at the same moment. But it is worth it to give it a try. (If this fails on one client, try it on an other.)
Locate the project's local cache: TW Data/AC-<version>/<servername>-<projectname>-<user> (In Local Data Manager you can check the projects folder)
- Restore the folder
- Launch ArchiCAD an open the project
Save library data
1. Built in libraries
The built in libraries are parts of the installed ArchiCAD package so after re-sharing the file these will be automatically uploaded to the server as BIM Server libraries.
2. Custom libraries
If the custom libraries are intact on your network it is best to upload those using the Manage BIM Server Libraries menu item. If that place has also been corrupted you can use the local data. That local copy has all the library parts which were in the BIM Server library.
Locate the local copy of the library - the path can be checked in Local Data Manager (The libraries can be also found under the TWData folder)
- Move that folder to the place where you store your BIM library sources, rename it to the original name
Upload the folder to the BIM Server using ArchiCAD (File menu/Libraries and Objects/Manage BIM Server Libraries)
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