Save a project

KerfCraft saves each change automatically. Until you save a design by name, it is a draft. After your first change, a Draft badge shows in the toolbar.

KerfCraft keeps your projects and drafts in this browser, for the account you signed in with. To keep a copy outside the browser, save a .kerf file.

Save a draft by name#

1. Select File ▸ Save…, or press Ctrl+S (⌘S on a Mac).
2. In Name, type a name for the project.
3. Click Save.

The status bar shows Saved "name", and the Draft badge goes away. The project is now in File ▸ Open recent and File ▸ All projects….

You can also click the Draft badge to open the same dialog.

To download a .kerf file at the same time, select Also download a .kerf file before you click Save. For a saved project, use File ▸ Download .kerf….

Save a saved project again#

Select File ▸ Save, or press Ctrl+S (⌘S on a Mac). KerfCraft writes the project immediately and does not ask for a name.

Save a copy under a new name#

1. Select File ▸ Save as…, or press Ctrl+Shift+S (⇧⌘S on a Mac).
2. In Name, type a name for the copy. The default name ends in "(copy)".
3. Click Save.

The copy opens, and the original project stays as it was. The copy starts with an empty assistant conversation.

If the open design is a draft, Save as… opens the Save project dialog.

When you leave a draft#

If you changed a draft and then open a different project, KerfCraft asks Save this draft? first. This occurs for File ▸ New, Open recent, All projects…, Open file… and Sample projects.

• Click Save… to give the draft a name. After you click Save, the other project opens.
• Click Keep as draft to open the other project. The draft stays in File ▸ All projects… ▸ Unsaved drafts.
• Click Cancel, or press Esc, to stay in the draft.

KerfCraft does not ask for a saved project, or for a new project or sample that you did not change.

If you see "⚠ Not saved"#

A ⚠ Not saved message in the toolbar means that the latest changes are only in this browser tab. If the message says storage full, the browser has no more space for projects.

1. Do not close the tab.
2. Select File ▸ Import / Export….
3. On the Export tab, select KerfCraft package (.kerf).
4. Click Export…. The file is a backup of the project as it is in the tab.
5. In File ▸ All projects…, delete old projects or drafts that you do not need.
6. Save the project again.

When storage is full, every .kerf export still writes the design as it is in the tab. This includes Export .kerf… in All projects and File ▸ Save… with the download option. The browser does not store the project until it has space again.

See Open, rename, duplicate or delete a project and Recover or discard a draft.