This interface provides access to the Auto Backup functionality.
Available in 3ds Max 9 and higher.
Properties:
autosave.Enable : boolean : Read|Write
Get/Set the Auto-Backup enabled state. Equivalent to the System Global variable autobackup.enabled .
autosave.NumberOfFiles : integer : Read|Write
Get/Set the number of Auto-Backup files. Possible values are between 1 and 99.
autosave.Interval : float : Read|Write
Get/Set the Auto-Backup interval in minutes.
autosave.filename : string : Read|Write
Get/Set the Auto-Backup filename as a string. Default is "AutoBackup".
autosave.BailoutEnabled : boolean : Read|Write
When set to false, 3ds Max cannot escape out of auto-backup. In some cases setting this to false can significantly improve auto-backup performance. Available in 3ds Max 2018 and higher.
Methods:
<void>autosave.resettimer()
Resets the Auto-Backup timer. After the rest, the next save will occur after the number of minutes specified by the .interval property.
<boolean>autosave.isactive()
Returns true if the Auto-Backup is currently saving, false otherwise.
<void>autobackupnow()
Starts the auto-backup process. Available in 3ds Max 2017 and higher.