Recently, we have received quite a few cases where customers have had their files corrupted and would like to know if SolidWorks automatically backs-up their files.
For SolidWorks to back-up your file automatically, you would have to go:
1. Settings > System Options > Backup/ Recover
2. Check on the option ‘ Number of backup copies per document ‘ and configure your settings.
3. In this setting window, you can specify your desired file path of where you want your backup document to be saved. You can then go to this file location and look for the back-up files.
If you do not have SolidWorks backup settings enabled, there will be no backup files.