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[[Category: Error messages]]

== Message text ==

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The model file has been only partially loaded as a result of a user-abort.  
Be extra careful not to save this image over your existing model file, 
since doing so could result in a loss of portions of your model.
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== Cause ==

This message appears when you press '''Stop''' or '''Abort''' during the reading of a model file.  This aborts the reading, and returns with only a portion of your model file loaded into memory.  

The warning appears because this puts you in a dangerous situation.  If you were to select '''File &rarr; Save''', you would end up overwriting your original model file with the incomplete portion of your model that you've loaded into memory.  

==Remedies==

If you press '''Stop''' while loading a [[Modules_and_Libraries#Linked_Module|linked module]] file, you may want to delete the module object and start over with the '''Add Module...''' operation, to avoid wiping out your original linked module file.  

==See Also==
* [[Files and editing]]
* [[Create and save a model]]
* [[Using Add Module... to import a Model file]]
* [[Modules and Libraries]]