# Save As and Autosave

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/save-as-and-autosave/41623>\
**Category:** Feature requests\
**Created:** [September 14, 2026, 10:25am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/save-as-and-autosave/41623 "2026-09-14T10:25:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![gary](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@gary](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/gary)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2026, 10:25am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/save-as-and-autosave/41623/1 "2026-09-14T10:25:37Z")

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**The problem that this feature will solve:**

_Currently saving a version is a headache. Also autosave is mandatory._

**Brief description of the outcomes that you expect from this feature:**

\*My use is desktop. We should be able to Save As a new file name. Also we should be able to disable autosave. Normal production behavior. Additionally I’d like the ability for the Shapr to identify a version string in the name (i.e. FuBar\_v01, FuBar\_v101 etc) and have a Save New Version command in the File menu. Nuke and others have this and it’s a nice touch.

re autosave, it’s not uncommon to open an existing file and experiment with a few things as a sort of sandbox and in those cases I don’t want autosave. Adding an Autosave on/off checkbox menu item in the File menu would be appreciated. Another common feature is Autosave/Backup every xx minutes preference, and autosaved/backup files go in an Autosave directory. In cases where the close box is clicked with unsaved changes, user can be prompted to save.\*

**What can’t you achieve without this feature?**

_Creating a new version of a file is cumbersome._

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**Author:** ![DrKronos](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/drkronos/32/36064_2.png) [@DrKronos](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/DrKronos)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2026, 7:22pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/save-as-and-autosave/41623/2 "2026-09-14T19:22:56Z")

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Agreed on the option to save as a new project. That would be helpful.

I personally don’t have a particular problem with the autosave implementation (to experiment I just duplicate my current project and play round in that), but I can see how some might want to customize those options.

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**Author:** ![BKE](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/bke/32/31690_2.png) [@BKE](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/BKE)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2026, 9:10pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/save-as-and-autosave/41623/3 "2026-09-14T21:10:02Z")

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From time to time i _do_ have a sever problems with autosave, that is in the extension to uploads _everything_. And at fast edits but most prevalent when doing multiples copies (≈ 500MB each) to keep versions (ofter connected to figuring out some bad behavior of Shapr).

I resort to not cut only the telemetri of (als always), but every com. Or I would be caught in an endless slow upload.

I tink there should be a way to temporarily cut of upload, and in some cases auto save.