Interface: autosave

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.