Saving and loading rooms

Saving rooms

In the window shown in the picture, you can save your room to a chosen folder with a custom name.

By default, the program opens the ...data\szobak folder from the Piper3D main directory, but you can save rooms in any accessible folder on your computer.

• Select the drive from the dropdown menu on the left.
  
  
• Choose the folder where you want to save the room.
  
  
• If there are already saved Piper rooms in the folder, they will appear in the list on the right.
  
  
• Name your room by typing in the File Name text box.
  
  
  • If you click on an existing room file, it will automatically appear in the File Name box. Clicking save will prompt a confirmation asking if you want to overwrite the existing room. You will lose the content of the old room if you overwrite it!
    
    
• Click the Save button to save the room.

Filtering

You can filter the list by keyword in the text box below the search. The program will search for the entered keyword in the full names of the rooms, without needing to use the * character.

• By enabling "Remember Search," the next time you open the window, the rooms will automatically be filtered by the saved keyword.

Loading rooms

You can load previously saved rooms by pressing the icons marked in red in the images. You can also open the load window with the Ctrl+L keyboard shortcut.

In the window shown above, you can select and load rooms.

By default, the program selects the ...data\szobak folder on the left. You can select the folder on the left and the room to be loaded on the right.

• Choose the drive from the dropdown on the left.
  
  
• Choose the folder from which you want to open the room.
  
  
• Select Room:** Highlight the room and click the Load button.

You can use the icon to close the window and return to the designer.

You can use the icon to create a subfolder within the selected folder.

You can use the icon to rename a room selected in the list on the right.

  You can use the icon to delete a room selected in the list on the right.

The buttons on the right side of the list allow you to sort the rooms in the folder based on various criteria.

  You can use the icon to reverse the sorting order.

You can filter the list by keyword in the text box below the search. The program will search for the entered keyword in the full names of the rooms, without needing to use the * character.

• By enabling "Remember Search," the next time you open the window, the rooms will automatically be filtered by the saved keyword.

Backup

The program creates a backup of each room every minute. You can load this backup if your last session ended unexpectedly or if you forgot to save the last room you were working on.

The backups are saved as .sav files with the same name as the room.

There are two ways to load a backup:

• If the Backup (.sav) files option is enabled, the .sav files will appear in the list, and you can load them.
  
  
• With the Load Backup button, you can load the backup (.sav file) associated with the selected room file.

Autosave

(Available from version 3.7)

• The program automatically saves the room at preset intervals, which can be configured in the basic data menu.
• You can also specify how many autosave files to keep for a given room.

Autosave is different from backup; these two functions work alongside each other.

You can access autosave files by enabling the "AutoSave files" option under the "Load" or "Load Saved Rooms" menu.

Autosave room files can also be found in the ...data\szobak\autosave folder.

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