{"id":1363,"date":"2017-07-17T13:23:52","date_gmt":"2017-07-17T13:23:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/buildsoftsupport.com\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=1363"},"modified":"2024-12-12T15:00:15","modified_gmt":"2024-12-12T15:00:15","slug":"of-what-is-a-diamonds-files-composed","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/nl\/knowledge-base\/of-what-is-a-diamonds-files-composed\/","title":{"rendered":"Of how many files is a Diamonds project composed?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When you save a Diamonds project, you&#8217;ll see 4 items with the same name in Windows Explorer:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the *.bsf contains the geometry and the loads.<\/li>\n<li>the *.bs! is a back-up of the *.bsf.<br \/>\nIf the *.bsf file seems corrupt: change the name of this file. Also change the extension to *.bsf. Now you can open it in Diamonds.<\/li>\n<li>the *.bsr contains the mesh.<\/li>\n<li>the folder *_bsr contains the results (bsdt-files).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1364 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/buildsoftsupport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/SaveInDiamonds.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"846\" height=\"470\" srcset=\"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/SaveInDiamonds.png 846w, https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/SaveInDiamonds-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/SaveInDiamonds-768x427.png 768w, https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/SaveInDiamonds-50x28.png 50w, https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/SaveInDiamonds-60x33.png 60w, https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/SaveInDiamonds-35x19.png 35w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 846px) 100vw, 846px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Which files should I keep?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The *.bsf should be kept. We also recommend you keep the *.bs! since it has helped clients in the past to recover corrupt projects.<\/li>\n<li>The *.bsr and the folder *_bsr can be deleted. But when you open the model afterwards, you&#8217;ll have to recalculate the model.<br \/>\nIf you delete the *.bsr (= the mesh), there is no point in keeping the results (= the folder *_bsr), so the folder *_bsr may be deleted as well.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Can I prevent the *.bsr and *_bsr-file from being saved in the first place?<\/h2>\n<p>Yes. In Diamonds go to <em>Options<\/em> &gt; <em>Preferences<\/em> &gt; tab page <em>File<\/em>. If you uncheck the option <em>Save file with mesh data<\/em>, the *.bsr will no longer be saved. If you uncheck the option <em>Save file with results<\/em>, the folder *_brs will no longer be saved.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6676 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/buildsoftsupport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/ManyFiles.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"388\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/ManyFiles.png 388w, https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/ManyFiles-291x300.png 291w, https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/ManyFiles-58x60.png 58w, https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/ManyFiles-35x35.png 35w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 388px) 100vw, 388px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you save a Diamonds project, you&#8217;ll see 4 items with the same name in Windows Explorer: the *.bsf contains the geometry and the loads. the *.bs! is a back-up of the *.bsf. If the *.bsf file seems corrupt: change the name of this file. Also change the extension to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"ht-kb-category":[62],"ht-kb-tag":[878,1195,140],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1363"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1363"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1363\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14051,"href":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1363\/revisions\/14051"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=1363"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.buildsoft.eu\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=1363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}