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Welcome back. Before we continue in AutoCAD, I want to quickly look at the file types that we use in AutoCAD,

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specifically how our file downloads folder has been updating.

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As you know, we've been making a lot of new DWG files or drawing files in AutoCAD.

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You can see on the screen that I have the CAD 101 file downloads folder open.

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And we have a lot more files generated by AutoCAD here.

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The DWG drawing file type is the standard AutoCAD drawing.

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And additionally, we have already used our DWT, which is the AutoCAD template file.

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You will notice that you will have BAK files as well.

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And these are backup files that are automatically generated when we save our drawings.

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When you are working on an AutoCAD project, these files will update every time you save

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and if you delete them, they might return.

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But when I am working in AutoCAD, I do not like to view my folders by name or by date

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because the BAK files will be mixed in.

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Instead, I like to go up to the type drop down.

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And I will click the word type and it will sort my DWGs and my BAK separately.

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I am going to click it again to put the DWGs closer to the top of my folder.

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Later in the course, we will open these files after we close them.

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And especially when you work in larger projects, you will be opening and saving DWGs

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through multiple days and multiple times you have AutoCAD open.

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I mentioned earlier you could delete the BAK files.

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I could do that now by selecting them all and hitting the delete key.

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But every time I open and edit one of my DWG files, it will make a new BAK.

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So for now, I am going to leave the BAK files in my folder.

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But by sorting by type, I no longer have to see them mixed in with my DWGs.

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In the next video, we will talk about selecting entities.