Automatic Backup Settings

By default, Realtime Landscaping Plus periodically saves a copy of your landscape design as you work. You can configure how frequently the backup is made, where it is saved, and how many versions you want to create.

Enable auto backup
Enables automatic backup. Uncheck this option if you want to disable automatic backups.

Backup every
The number of minutes between each automatic backup.

Number of files
The number of backup files that will be created for each design.

Backup to folder
The folder where the automatic backups will be saved.

How Automatic Backup Works

Automatic backup files are named your-filename_AutoBackup_nn, where your-filename is the name of the file you are working on, and nn is a sequential number starting with 0.

When determining the filename for the next backup, Realtime Landscaping Plus will use the next number in the sequence; or 0 when the maximum number of files has been reached.

For example, suppose you are working on a file called "My Design," Number of files is set to 3, and Backup every is set to 10 minutes. The following backup files would be created:

At 10 minutes: My Design_AutoBackup_0

At 20 minutes: My Design_AutoBackup_1

At 30 minutes: My Design_AutoBackup_2

At 40 minutes: My Design_AutoBackup_0 (overwriting the one created at 10 minutes)

(etc..)

Important: The automatic backup feature is no substitute for periodically saving your work to a flash drive, Internet, or other storage device. This helps protect you from losing data if your computer is lost or stolen, the hard drive fails, you unintentionally overwrite an important file, or other problem.