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gmalepa
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File saving issues

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Hi,
Have been using Freecad for sometime but I started having issues lately when saving my work. Essentially every time I save freecad changes the file name to something like .xdp_myfilename.xxxxxx. For every save I get a different file extension. I am using

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OS: Ubuntu Core 20 (ubuntu:GNOME/ubuntu)
Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
Version: 0.20.29177 (Git) Snap 120
Build type: Release
Branch: tag: 0.20
Hash: 68e337670e227889217652ddac593c93b5e8dc94
Python 3.8.10, Qt 5.15.3, Coin 4.0.0, Vtk 7.1.1, OCC 7.6.2
Locale: English/Australia (en_AU)
Installed mods: 
  * A2plus 0.4.56a
The start of the filename is always .xdp and the file extension is some gibberish like 6FKPP1 and changes for every save. Also if I do a save as, if sends me to a strange path like run/user/1000/doc/372a35 and I have to navigate to my working directory everytime. Hope some of you may share some light on my issue.

thanks in advance
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Re: File saving isses

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Welcome to the forum
You can set the path for save here
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Re: File saving isses

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Do any other programs show the same behavior?
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Re: File saving isses

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Does it happen on all directories or only in some specific directories? please try again in the snap edge branch and report if the issue is still present, if it is also present please try with a dev version of the appimage: https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD-Bund ... kly-builds
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Re: File saving isses

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yes it happens in all directories. Don't know what what you mean by trying in the snap branch.
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Re: File saving isses

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sorry they are actually called "channels" to switch to the "edge" channel run

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snap refresh freecad --channel=latest/edge
taken from the wiki page: Ubuntu_Snap
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Re: File saving isses

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I tried it but no luck, it still behaves the same way.
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I've seen other people in a spanish telegram group having the same issue using the snap, and it appears to not be limited to FreeCAD, I recommend switching to some other packaging format, like the appimage I linked or the flatpak if you prefer it.
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Re: File saving isses

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@gmalepa please edit the first post and fix the typo in the subject. It is the name of the topic and others may benefit in the future from correct spelling.
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Re: File saving isses

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Title example for the 1st post :
File saving issues (Ubuntu Core 20 FC 0.20.29177 snap)
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