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Is it possible to lose files in OnShape?
garun_arustamov
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I am looking for a part I made, it was a bevel gear and I made it from scratch and I'm very proud of it, so it saddens me that I cannot locate it in my documents anymore. It has been a while, but it feels very strange that I can't find the document. The bevel gear was part of a toy assembly I was designing, and I can't find the other parts of the assembly either. It feels odd because there are other iterations of this toy I was working on that I can find in my files, but not my latest and greatest design. It was made around May, 2022 so some time ago, but there should be no reason why my files have disappeared. I even have the parts that I printed and I'm looking at them but can't find the designs.
Separate but maybe related, I found a folder in my trash (there should be no reason these parts I'm looking for would be in the trash) but I clicked restore and now I can't find that folder either. I guess it's possible I clicked delete instead of restore, but I highly doubt it. Is there any reason this would happen.
Any help is appreciated I am really trying to find my nice bevel gear and the rest of the assembly because I put in so much work on it.
Thanks in advance
Answers
If the part only existed in an older version of your design, and you replaced or kicked it out later. it might only become accessible again, once you use the 'time machine' feature ;0) and travel back in the version tree.
Thanks for your reply! But that's not the issue, I'm aware of how to scroll back to previous versions but it was a separate document that I can't find.
@garun_arustamov - This is a bit of a stretch, but do you have an assembly, that has the part you're looking for? If so, right click on it in the feature tree then select - "open linked document" this may give clues to where it's located, or at least the correct name of the part. If there is no assembly, look inside your "owned by me" folder (maybe do a search if you find the name). None of this will help, if you have deleted those files
Sorry if this advice seems too obvious - it's all I got - good luck
@rick_randall and @martin_kopplow thank you both for your help and both were very good suggestions! I have come to find the folly of my ways.. I feel very silly, but I had used a separate account to make these parts. Now I found the parts. If anyone is interested in a bevel gear made from scratch the file name is 60bevelgear (not claiming to be an expert on gear design by any means) but I think it's nice because it starts from the basics and actually draws out an involute for the teeth. Thanks again guys, it really feels nice that folks would help out and keep this community going strong.