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go3d  
#1 Posted : Tuesday, August 31, 2010 5:20:45 AM(UTC)
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Hello everyone,

I am trying to open a 2D DWG file given to me to use. It was created in Autocad & saved as r2004.
When importing into VC6, the file goes through the process of being imported, it creates a named layer, but there are no sub-layers or content on the layers.
In the dialog area it says 'Not opened for write'. :mad:
When I view the same DWG in e-drawings, it's all there.
Does this mean the DWG file is locked somehow? It does not appear to be locked when I check it on the mac, but is there some kind of Autocad lock going on in the file, perhaps?
Unfortunately I cannot post the DWG due to client copyright etc.
I hope someone can shed some light on this for me. :)
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Jean-Francois Jacques  
#2 Posted : Tuesday, August 31, 2010 9:00:11 AM(UTC)
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AutoCad on Mac is it a rumor or is true? I read, the release is for October.
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jdi000  
#3 Posted : Tuesday, August 31, 2010 9:33:59 AM(UTC)
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Hi jeremy

The ac file can you click on the properties and see if it's read only?



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NickB  
#4 Posted : Tuesday, August 31, 2010 11:11:20 AM(UTC)
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AutoCad Mac. Not a rumor, definitely a real product.
I had the opportunity to beta test several months ago, and was involved in user groups @ Autodesk.

My interest is SolidWorks for Mac, a native, not cloud based version.

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Tim Olson  
#5 Posted : Tuesday, August 31, 2010 2:31:22 PM(UTC)
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>>Unfortunately I cannot post the DWG due to client copyright etc.
>>I hope someone can shed some light on this for me.

It might be an entity type we do not support. If your client allows you to send as confidential via private email ([email protected]), I can look at.

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go3d  
#6 Posted : Tuesday, August 31, 2010 5:03:14 PM(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: Jean-Francois Jacques Go to Quoted Post
AutoCad on Mac is it a rumor or is true? I read, the release is for October.


Why not start your own thread for this discussion? Thanks. :)

Originally Posted by: jdi000 Go to Quoted Post

The ac file can you click on the properties and see if it's read only?


Checked it & it's unlocked.

Originally Posted by: Tim Olson Go to Quoted Post
>>Unfortunately I cannot post the DWG due to client copyright etc.
>>I hope someone can shed some light on this for me.

It might be an entity type we do not support. If your client allows you to send as confidential via private email ([email protected]), I can look at.

Tim


Tim, I'll send you a private email. Thanks for your offer to look at it.
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Jean-Francois Jacques  
#7 Posted : Wednesday, September 1, 2010 9:07:30 AM(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: go3d Go to Quoted Post
Why not start your own thread for this discussion? Thanks. :)

My friend,
It was a small parentheses and that concern AutoCad and your thread. When AutoCad will be on Mac the DWG etc. exchange will be easier... seamless. I didn't want to start a discussion about this news.:)
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Tim Olson  
#8 Posted : Wednesday, September 1, 2010 1:24:31 PM(UTC)
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>>It was created in Autocad & saved as r2004.
Hi Jeremy,
Thanks for sending the file. It is marked internally as an R2010 DWG file. It will read into the V7 products but not the v5 or v6 products as they do not support 2010. I sent back the file translated via private email.

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go3d  
#9 Posted : Wednesday, September 1, 2010 7:28:23 PM(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: Tim Olson Go to Quoted Post
>>It was created in Autocad & saved as r2004.
Hi Jeremy,
Thanks for sending the file. It is marked internally as an R2010 DWG file. It will read into the V7 products but not the v5 or v6 products as they do not support 2010. I sent back the file translated via private email.

Tim


Thank you for your help Tim.

It sounds like I need to upgrade to V7!

I had examined the DWG file by opening it up in TextEdit and compared the first six digits on the text with this chart:

AC1024 = 2010
AC1021 = 2007
AC1018 = 2004
AC1015 = 2000
AC1014 = 14
AC1012 = 13

I read AC1018 but obviously this method is not foolproof, or perhaps the sender manually edited the file, thinking that would fix it.

Either way, job done thanks to your help. :)
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Tim Olson  
#10 Posted : Wednesday, September 1, 2010 9:22:17 PM(UTC)
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AC1024 = 2010
AC1021 = 2007
AC1018 = 2004
AC1015 = 2000
AC1014 = 14
AC1012 = 13

Hmm, your table is correct. I also opened the file in textedit and saw the same thing. But when I stepped through the debugger, the sdk gave ac1024. I noticed there are a variety of versions in the file including file start version. Maybe the first field is that.


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