SaveAs

Saves drawings in DWG drawing, DWT template, and DXF interchange formats; always displays a dialog box.

Accessing the Command

command bar: saveas

transparent: 'About

shortcut: Ctrl+S

aliases: save, sa

: saveas

Displays a dialog box:

Enter a file name, and then click Save.

Use the QSave command to save drawings without seeing this dialog box.

Command Options

Option	Description
	Selects the drive and folder in which to save the drawing. Click the droplist to access additional locations.
	Specifies the name by which to save the drawing: Accept the default drawingn.dwg file name. Enter another name. Click the droplist to access names of previously-save drawings.
	Specifies the format of the saved file. Accept the default (AutoCAD 2007 .dwg) or click the droplist to choose another format. There are three basic formats: DWG - drawing file. DXF - interchange file (ASCII and Binary). DWG - template file.
	Includes a preview image with the drawing file. The preview is a bitmap (raster) image of the drawing's view at the time it is saved.
	Saves the drawing.
	Cancels the command; does not save the drawing.

Related Commands

Export - exports drawings in a variety of vector and raster formats.

QSave - saves the drawing without displaying the Save dialog box.

Save - saves the current drawing through a dialog box.

SaveAll - saves all open drawings.

SaveAsR12 - saves drawing in older formats.

SecurityOptions - sets a password to protect a drawing