{"id":13264,"date":"2023-03-14T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-14T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/?p=13264"},"modified":"2023-03-07T14:43:26","modified_gmt":"2023-03-07T22:43:26","slug":"drawing-history-101-tuesday-tips-with-frank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/drawing-history-101-tuesday-tips-with-frank\/","title":{"rendered":"Drawing History 101: Tuesday Tips With Frank"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>For almost my entire career, our industry lacked a reliable way to ascertain the history of our drawing files. It was needed in my first job as well as my last. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Later in my career as a CAD manager, I\u2019d often be asked by my boss (or bosses) if I could find out who had done what to a drawing and when. I\u2019d have to tell them, no, but I agreed it would be a great thing to have. \u201cMaybe someday,\u201d I\u2019d say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"drawing-history\">Drawing History<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Among all the fantastic <a href=\"https:\/\/help.autodesk.com\/view\/ACD\/2021\/ENU\/?guid=GUID-A343CF22-706E-4F58-9CE4-B48CBCA3589B\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">new and improved tools in AutoCAD 2021<\/a>, there was finally a solution to my age-old troubles. It was called\u2026 appropriately enough\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/whats-new-in-autocad-2021-drawing-history\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Drawing History<\/a>! You\u2019ll need to realize this is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/plans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">subscription-only<\/a> benefit, but that\u2019s pretty much everyone, right?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The other thing to know is that your DWG files must be saved to either a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/onedrive\/online-cloud-storage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">OneDrive<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dropbox<\/a>, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.box.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Box<\/a> cloud storage account. And again, that\u2019s becoming more and more common these days too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When you save your drawing to one of these cloud accounts, additional versions are created as you work, creating a version history. You should note that the service you\u2019re using sets the number of versions stored and manages their expiration dates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A balloon notification will appear the first time you access a drawing saved in one of the three cloud accounts as long as you&#8217;re signed into your Autodesk Account. You\u2019ll need to sign into the cloud account from within AutoCAD and permit it to access your files.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2023\/03\/07\/DWG-History_1.jpg\" data-lbwps-width=\"378\" data-lbwps-height=\"155\" data-lbwps-srcsmall=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2023\/03\/07\/DWG-History_1-300x123.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"378\" height=\"155\" src=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2023\/03\/07\/DWG-History_1.jpg\" alt=\"Find Drawing History\" class=\"wp-image-13265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2023\/03\/07\/DWG-History_1.jpg 378w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2023\/03\/07\/DWG-History_1-300x123.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 378px) 100vw, 378px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, with all that being done (and it\u2019s really not that much, it just takes a lot of words to describe it), you can access the previous versions from the Drawing History palette. Signing into your cloud account from AutoCAD will display the palette, but you can also access it from the View tab in the ribbon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2023\/03\/07\/DWG-History_2.jpg\" data-lbwps-width=\"996\" data-lbwps-height=\"267\" data-lbwps-srcsmall=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2023\/03\/07\/DWG-History_2-300x80.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"996\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2023\/03\/07\/DWG-History_2.jpg\" alt=\"Drawing History in Ribbon\" class=\"wp-image-13268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2023\/03\/07\/DWG-History_2.jpg 996w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2023\/03\/07\/DWG-History_2-300x80.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2023\/03\/07\/DWG-History_2-768x206.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 996px) 100vw, 996px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>OK. So now you have access to the history of the drawing\u2019s changes right from AutoCAD. Let\u2019s take a look at how it works. \u00a0First, it won\u2019t take much time to fill up the version history panel of the palette. A few days and a few saves will populate it quickly. You\u2019ll soon learn to appreciate the filter buttons at the top. As you can see, you can filter the list by date, user, or time increment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2023\/03\/07\/DWG-History_3.jpg\" data-lbwps-width=\"412\" data-lbwps-height=\"332\" data-lbwps-srcsmall=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2023\/03\/07\/DWG-History_3-300x242.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"412\" height=\"332\" src=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2023\/03\/07\/DWG-History_3.jpg\" alt=\"Drawing History Filter\" class=\"wp-image-13271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2023\/03\/07\/DWG-History_3.jpg 412w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2023\/03\/07\/DWG-History_3-300x242.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 412px) 100vw, 412px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Now comes the good part, and you should already be familiar with it! The awesome <a href=\"https:\/\/knowledge.autodesk.com\/support\/autocad\/learn-explore\/caas\/CloudHelp\/cloudhelp\/2019\/ENU\/AutoCAD-Core\/files\/GUID-4B96F5FD-C9CF-4E2E-996E-E00914F8D99E-htm.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">DWG Compare<\/a> tool was introduced in AutoCAD 2019 and is used here to allow you to compare the current version of your drawing to one of those in the history list. Just highlight the version you want to compare, then click the compare icon on the right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019re not yet familiar with the powerful Drawing Compare tool, it\u2019s also used in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/whats-new-in-autocad-2021-xref-compare\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Xref Compare<\/a> feature (introduced in the 2021 version). I wrote about that a few months ago, so if you want to familiarize yourself with it, follow this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/xref-compare-tuesday-tips-with-frank\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">link to the Tuesday Tip<\/a> blog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2023\/03\/07\/DWG-History_4.jpg\" data-lbwps-width=\"1024\" data-lbwps-height=\"576\" data-lbwps-srcsmall=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2023\/03\/07\/DWG-History_4-300x169.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2023\/03\/07\/DWG-History_4.jpg\" alt=\"Drawing History Example\" class=\"wp-image-13274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2023\/03\/07\/DWG-History_4.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2023\/03\/07\/DWG-History_4-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2023\/03\/07\/DWG-History_4-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In closing, let\u2019s give a shout-out to the driving force behind Drawing History (and Xref Compare) \u2013 the Drawing Compare tool. But back to the topic, I just love being able to go back in time to see who did what in a drawing file. So does the boss \u2013 or engineer or architect or whomever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019re already saving your drawing files to one of the three supported cloud services, check it out and give Drawing History a try. If not, maybe it\u2019s time to consider changing your workflow to take advantage of these services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"more-tuesday-tips\">More Tuesday Tips<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out our whole\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com/blogs\/autocad\/tag\/tuesday-tips\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tuesday Tips series<\/a>\u00a0for ideas on how to make AutoCAD work for you. Do you have any favorite AutoCAD tips? 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