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Why does printing the summary delete my model and the saved file isn’t available?

Fix a summary printing issue caused by file/path names that are too long (128 character limit), and learn how to prevent it.

Updated over a week ago

🔍 What’s causing it

You have an issue with the length of the file name.

The software has a limit to the number of characters in the path - 128(?) and these include the drive letter and all spaces.

So:

C:\AppliCad\Roof Wizard\User\Billy-Bob_The_Builder-May_2021-Model Unit 14 Big House 27 Hippopotamus Boulevard really big city

is a long name and will hit the limit.


🛠️ How to fix it

  1. Open the model

  2. Save it with a really short name like [123] or something

  3. Try again


✅ How to prevent it

Use abbreviations whenever you can to prevent this from happening.

For example, shorten

Unit 2 - No 235 Steel Boulevard

to

U2-235 Steel Blvd

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