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dansviacad22		#1 Posted : Sunday, January 10, 2016 9:17:59 AM(UTC)
Rank: Guest Joined: 1/10/2016(UTC) Posts: 1		I have some older files that are saved as .CAD and I cannot open them in ViaCad on any of my computers running on Vista, Windows 7, or Windows 10. I always get the message "You do not have permission to access this file". Any suggestions on what I can do?


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L. Banasky		#2 Posted : Sunday, January 10, 2016 3:14:05 PM(UTC)
Rank: Senior Member Joined: 2/16/2007(UTC) Posts: 597 Thanks: 139 times Was thanked: 141 time(s) in 100 post(s)		You can try this website. http://www.solvusoft.com...ions/file-extension-cad/ I also think older versions of Bob-Cad will open them. Or upload a file or two so we can try. Larry


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posh.de		#3 Posted : Monday, January 11, 2016 7:41:09 AM(UTC)
Rank: Senior Member Joined: 2/23/2007(UTC) Posts: 484 Thanks: 23 times Was thanked: 49 time(s) in 36 post(s)		Originally Posted by: dansviacad22 ...saved as .CAD ... the .CAD format was used by QuickCAD bought by Autodesk in those days (formerly Drafix) and cannot be opened or imported neither by AutoCAD nor punch!CAD products, AutoSketch (version?) seems to be able to open the .CAD format which would enable to save to the .DWG format. Norbert Edited by user Monday, January 11, 2016 7:41:52 AM(UTC) \| Reason: Not specified
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