Pzl p1

[abaser]

Open wings, and open your models empty file. Create a box or anything really. Now, repeat the steps you did with your model up to the point where you finalize the export process. Don't export, but look at where its going to save your file to. That's probably where your file will be. Cancel the export screen out, and choose to import the xml file type. Navigate to where it was going to save. I'll bet you find your file there.

 

[uncle twist]

Ok I kinda get what your saying, but where am I suppose to look, I could`nt see anything about where a file was suppose to be saved to

 

[abaser]

Not at home, so I can't look, but there should be a file path listed somewhere. I'm betting its going to be the same location that your wings files have been saving to.

 

[uncle twist]

I`ve lost everything, this project will be cancelled for now, thanks for your help Andy

 

[abaser]

Would you consider a team view session? That would let me into your computer to help look. I assure you, nothing else would be done.

 

[uncle twist]

how do we do that

 

[abaser]

how do we do that

I'll initiate the session, send you the information to enter, then I can take control from my computer and look for the files. If you're interested, I'll pm you later on about it. Just let me know.

 

[uncle twist]

send me the info, and we`ll go from there

 

[abaser]

Ill have to see how things are going at home tonight, but Im thinking somewhere around 9:30 cst tonight. After the kids get in bed. That sound ok?

 

[abaser]

When you tried to find the export location, did you get this far? or did you stop at the kerky export options popup? The file location is listed at the top of this box. Go ahead and confirm the export popup box to get here. Just dont confirm this popup.

 

[uncle twist]

here is what I have left, this however is the fuse and wing before I did a loop cut/mirror. where do files go when you delete them from your recycle bin..??

 

[Flare]

when you permanently delete files, The computer ignores them, and they can be overwritten, like they are empty space.

 

[abaser]

There's no wings files at all?

Try this. hit your windows startup icon in the bottom left of your screen, then hit computer. In the top right youll see a search box. type in the name of your file (minus any file extensions). This will search your computer and will bring up anything with what you typed in. You can then look at the file path to see where its located if the results prove positive.

 

[uncle twist]

Thanks Flare, that`s what I have between my ears these days
Andy, this is what I came up with, and yes, I still have wings on my desktop, just no pzl files in it when I open wings. I was clearing my recycle bin, in doing so, files were deleted in wings as well, does`nt make since to me. I was also deleting pzl file in wings, that I thought were useless, however I did`nt delete the one that I was using to model. It just dissappeared. at any rate .............what can I do from here?

 

[abaser]

Let me think on it. Its not looking good unless a system restore to a previous date would bring them back. As long as nothing important has happened on your computer the past few days, it might be an option worth looking into. Just takes a few mouse clicks. Don't suppose there's a Plz p5?

 

[abaser]

Try searching for just plz. Fret forget the rest. See what pops up.

 

[uncle twist]

here`s what I got with PZL

 

[uncle twist]

2 more, the last two my overlap

 

[abaser]

Ok. Each one of those with the wings gear icon beside it is a file. I would start with the second listing (ignoring the first of each duplicate) and see what is there. If nothing, go back and try the pzl p3 files (again, ignore the first listing), and so on. It logs like you're saving to c:rick>recent. So, your export file should also be there as well. I do see an export file listed with a significantly larger file size. That may be your file, but you're not showing file extensions, so I can't say for sure.

 

[uncle twist]

Ok, I kinda get what your saying, so, I go back and do another search, to bring up the files again,then rt or left click..?? on a particular file. what`s going to happen/ what should I be looking for/expecting to happen. which one would YOU click on first...