Autosave

VisionPlan autosaves your project on a timer. By default the timer runs every 30 seconds and saves to both your local browser storage and your cloud account (if you're signed in). You can adjust the interval or turn autosave off entirely.

How to change the interval

1. Open Settings (gear icon in the top app bar).
2. Open the Autosave section.
3. Confirm Autosave Enabled is ON.
4. Drag the Interval slider to set how many seconds between saves. The range is 10 to 120 seconds.
5. The change applies immediately - no save button.

Common values:

• 15 seconds - aggressive; useful during heavy editing where you want minimum loss exposure.
• 30 seconds (default) - balanced; the usual choice.
• 60 seconds - relaxed; useful if you have a slow cloud connection and don't want the upload chatter.

How to turn autosave off

1. Open Settings.
2. Open the Autosave section.
3. Flip Autosave Enabled to OFF.
4. The Interval slider disappears (it's not relevant when autosave is off).

When autosave is off, the only way to save is to manually trigger a save - press Ctrl+S (or Cmd+S on Mac).

Turning autosave off is reasonable if you're doing speculative experimentation that you might want to discard. Otherwise leave it on.

What autosave covers

Autosave saves the project state:

• All walls, openings, fixtures, dimensions, annotations
• Room metadata (names, ceiling heights, flooring)
• Per-room guides and tape dimensions
• The current viewport (zoom and pan position)
• Any pending property changes you've made to selected entities

What autosave doesn't cover

• Settings preferences - these save instantly the moment you change them. They don't wait for the autosave tick.
• My Info / My Business Info - these save on the form's own Save button. Autosave doesn't push these.

Focus-aware deferral

Autosave skips its tick while you're actively typing in a text field. This applies to:

• The project name field
• Dimension entry inputs
• The Value Command Bar
• Business info fields
• Annotation text
• Any other text input across the app

The reason: an autosave triggered mid-keystroke can briefly steal focus or cause a visible pause. Deferring until you stop typing avoids that interruption.

Once focus leaves the field (you tab away or click elsewhere), the timer resumes from where it was - or fires immediately if the interval already elapsed during typing.

Local + cloud

Autosave writes to two places:

1. Local browser storage - always, every tick.
2. Your cloud account - if you're signed in, also pushed every tick (fire-and-forget; the editor doesn't wait for the cloud round-trip).

If you're signed out, autosave still writes to local storage. Your work is preserved in the browser but not synced anywhere else. If you clear browser data, that work is gone.

For long signed-out sessions, periodically export a .vp file as a manual backup. See How to export a VP file.

Cross-mode behavior

Like all settings, autosave is per-mode. Customer mode and Contractor mode each have their own Enable toggle and Interval value. Changing one doesn't change the other.

A common setup: turn autosave off in Customer mode (you're sketching concepts) and leave it on in Contractor mode (the working drawings you can't afford to lose).

What if a save fails

Local saves don't really fail unless your browser storage is exhausted (very rare). Cloud saves can fail silently if your connection drops - the editor keeps writing locally regardless, and the next successful tick will push everything that accumulated.

If you suspect a sync issue, sign out and sign back in. Doing so pulls the latest cloud copy. See Saving your work for the full sync model.

Related

• Settings overview
• Saving your work
• How to export a VP file