When Importing or Exporting a DWG, you encounter an error message, it is often simply a number such as:
"OpenDWG Error 8"
This is because Vectorworks uses OpenDWG to be compatible with AutoCAD and other drafting software. If you encounter one of these errors, a list of what they mean is located below for your convenience:
/* 0 */ AD_NO_ERROR,
/* 1 */ AD_CANT_ALLOC_CONTROL_BLOCK,
/* 2 */ AD_GENERAL_FAILURE,
/* 3 */ AD_CANT_OPEN_FILE,
/* 4 */ AD_ERROR_READING_HEADER,
/* 5 */ AD_CANT_DETERMINE_FILE_TYPE,
/* 6 */ AD_CANT_INIT_FILE_SYSTEM,
/* 7 */ AD_CANT_ALLOC_FILE_CONTROL,
/* 8 */ AD_UNSUPPORTED_ACAD_VERSION,
/* 9 */ AD_ERROR_XD_READ_ALLOC,
/* 10 */ AD_ERROR_XD_WRITE_ALLOC,
/* 11 */ AD_CANT_ALLOC_READ_BUFFER,
/* 12 */ AD_CANT_ALLOC_WRITE_BUFFER,
/* 13 */ AD_CANT_SET_WRITE_BUFFER,
/* 14 */ AD_CANT_CREATE_DXF_TEMP_LIST,
/* 15 */ AD_CANT_ALLOC_WRITE_BLOCKS,
/* 16 */ AD_CHAR_NOT_IN_FONT,
/* 17 */ AD_FONT_NOT_IN_TABLE,
/* 18 */ AD_CANT_ALLOC_TEMP_STRING,
/* 19 */ AD_CANT_OPEN_XREF_TEMP_FILE,
/* 20 */ AD_CANT_OPEN_XREF,
/* 21 */ AD_UNSUPPORTED_WRITE_VERSION,
/* 22 */ AD_UNSUPPORTED_DXF_VERSION,
/* 23 */ AD_NO_BMP_IN_DWG_FILE,
/* 24 */ AD_CANT_OPEN_BMP_OUTPUT_FILE,
/* 25 */ AD_NO_WMF_IN_DWG_FILE,
/* 26 */ AD_CANT_OPEN_WMF_OUTPUT_FILE,
/* 27 */ AD_DISK_FULL,
/* 28 */ AD_NOT_ENOUGH_MEMORY_TO_DRAW_LEADER,
/* 29 */ AD_NOT_ENOUGH_MEMORY_TO_DRAW_SPLINE,
/* 30 */ AD_UNEXPECTED_END_OF_FILE,
/* 31 */ AD_ERROR_IN_DXF_HEADER,
/* 32 */ AD_ERROR_IN_DXF_ENTITIES,
/* 33 */ AD_ERROR_IN_DXF_TABLES,
/* 34 */ AD_ERROR_IN_DXF_BLOCKS,
/* 35 */ AD_ERROR_IN_DXF_OBJECTS,
/* 36 */ AD_VM_TOO_MANY_PAGE_FRAMES,
/* 37 */ AD_VM_TOO_MANY_PAGES_IN_FILE,
/* 38 */ AD_VM_ATTEMPT_TO_MALLOC_ZERO_BYTES,
/* 39 */ AD_VM_BAD_MAGIC_ON_MALLOC,
/* 40 */ AD_VM_TRIED_TO_FREE_A_NULL_PTR,
/* 41 */ AD_VM_TRIED_TO_FREE_A_FREE_PTR,
/* 42 */ AD_VM_TRIED_TO_FREE_A_NON_MALLOCED_PTR,
/* 43 */ AD_VM_NOT_ENOUGH_MEMORY_TO_INIT,
/* 44 */ AD_VM_FILE_WRITE_FAILED,
/* 45 */ AD_ERROR_LOADING_LINETYPES,
/* 46 */ AD_ERROR_LOADING_LAYERS,
/* 47 */ AD_ERROR_LOADING_CLASSES,
/* 48 */ AD_ERROR_LOADING_VPORTS,
/* 49 */ AD_ERROR_LOADING_UCSS,
/* 50 */ AD_ERROR_LOADING_REGAPPS,
/* 51 */ AD_ERROR_LOADING_VIEWS,
/* 52 */ AD_ERROR_LOADING_SHAPES,
/* 53 */ AD_ERROR_LOADING_DIMSTYLES,
/* 54 */ AD_ERROR_LOADING_BLOCKHEADERS,
/* 55 */ AD_ERROR_LOADING_ENTITIES,
/* 56 */ AD_ERROR_LOADING_OBJECTS,
/* 57 */ AD_CANT_ALLOC_FOR_FILE_SAVE,
/* 58 */ AD_ERROR_WRITING_HEADER,
/* 59 */ AD_CANT_RESOLVE_HDRCURLAYER,
/* 60 */ AD_CANT_RESOLVE_HDRCURLTYPE,
/* 61 */ AD_CANT_RESOLVE_HDRCURDIMSTYLE,
/* 62 */ AD_CANT_RESOLVE_HDRCURUCS,
/* 63 */ AD_CANT_RESOLVE_HDRCURPUCS,
/* 64 */ AD_CANT_RESOLVE_HDRCURTEXTSTYLE,
/* 65 */ AD_CANT_RESOLVE_HDRCURDIMTEXTSTYLE,
/* 66 */ AD_CANT_RESOLVE_LAYER,
/* 67 */ AD_CANT_RESOLVE_LTYPE,
/* 68 */ AD_CANT_RESOLVE_STYLE,
/* 69 */ AD_CANT_RESOLVE_DIMSTYLE,
/* 70 */ AD_ERROR_RESOLVING_VPENTS,
/* 71 */ AD_CANT_RESOLVE_XD_APP_INDEX,
/* 72 */ AD_CANT_RESOLVE_XD_ENT_LAYER,
/* 73 */ AD_CANT_FIND_BLOCK_FOR_ENTITY_READ,
/* 74 */ AD_NO_ENTITIES_FOR_BLOCK,
/* 75 */ AD_CANT_RESOLVE_BLOCKHEADER,
/* 76 */ AD_NO_LINETYPES_IN_LIST,
/* 77 */ AD_DID_NOT_FIND_LINETYPE_TO_DELETE,
/* 78 */ AD_NO_REGAPPS_IN_LIST,
/* 79 */ AD_DID_NOT_FIND_REGAPP_TO_DELETE,
/* 80 */ AD_NO_SHAPEFILES_IN_LIST,
/* 81 */ AD_DID_NOT_FIND_SHAPEFILE_TO_DELETE,
/* 82 */ AD_NO_DIMSTYLES_IN_LIST,
/* 83 */ AD_DID_NOT_FIND_DIMSTYLE_TO_DELETE,
/* 84 */ AD_NO_VIEWS_IN_LIST,
/* 85 */ AD_DID_NOT_FIND_VIEW_TO_DELETE,
/* 86 */ AD_NO_VPORTS_IN_LIST,
/* 87 */ AD_DID_NOT_FIND_VPORT_TO_DELETE,
/* 88 */ AD_NO_UCSS_IN_LIST,
/* 89 */ AD_DID_NOT_FIND_UCS_TO_DELETE,
/* 90 */ AD_NO_LAYERS_IN_LIST,
/* 91 */ AD_DID_NOT_FIND_LAYER_TO_DELETE,
/* 92 */ AD_NO_BLOCKHEADERS_IN_LIST,
/* 93 */ AD_DID_NOT_FIND_BLOCKHEADER_TO_DELETE,
/* 94 */ AD_ERROR_REMOVING_PURGED_ITEMS,
/* 95 */ AD_DROPPED_SHAPE_ENTITY_FROM_FILE,
/* 96 */ AD_CANT_READ_HEADER_BLOCK,
/* 97 */ AD_ERROR_DELETING_ENT_XDATA,
/* 98 */ AD_ERROR_DELETING_ENT_LONGDATA,
/* 99 */ AD_ERROR_DELETING_ENTITY,
/* 100 */ AD_ERROR_DELETING_REGAPP_XDATA,
/* 101 */ AD_ERROR_DELETING_REGAPP,
/* 102 */ AD_ERROR_FREEING_REGAPP,
/* 103 */ AD_ERROR_DELETING_LAYER_XDATA,
/* 104 */ AD_ERROR_DELETING_LAYER,
/* 105 */ AD_ERROR_FREEING_LAYER,
/* 106 */ AD_ERROR_DELETING_LTYPE_XDATA,
/* 107 */ AD_ERROR_DELETING_LTYPE,
/* 108 */ AD_ERROR_FREEING_LTYPE,
/* 109 */ AD_ERROR_DELETING_SHPTB_XDATA,
/* 110 */ AD_ERROR_DELETING_SHPTB,
/* 111 */ AD_ERROR_FREEING_SHPTB,
/* 112 */ AD_ERROR_DELETING_VIEW_XDATA,
/* 113 */ AD_ERROR_DELETING_VIEW,
/* 114 */ AD_ERROR_FREEING_VIEW,
/* 115 */ AD_ERROR_DELETING_VPORT_XDATA,
/* 116 */ AD_ERROR_DELETING_VPORT,
/* 117 */ AD_ERROR_FREEING_VPORT,
/* 118 */ AD_ERROR_DELETING_DIMSTYLE_XDATA,
/* 119 */ AD_ERROR_DELETING_DIMSTYLE,
/* 120 */ AD_ERROR_FREEING_DIMSTYLE,
/* 121 */ AD_ERROR_DELETING_UCS_XDATA,
/* 122 */ AD_ERROR_DELETING_UCS,
/* 123 */ AD_ERROR_FREEING_UCS,
/* 124 */ AD_ERROR_DELETING_BLOCKHDR_XDATA,
/* 125 */ AD_ERROR_DELETING_BLOCKHDR_PREVIEWBLOB,
/* 126 */ AD_ERROR_DELETING_BLOCKHDR,
/* 127 */ AD_ERROR_FREEING_BLOCKHDR,
/* 128 */ AD_CANT_RESOLVE_HDR_MLSTYLE,
/* 129 */ AD_ERROR_LOADING_ENTITY_LIST,
/* 130 */ AD_ERROR_LOADING_BLOCK_ENTITIES,
/* 131 */ AD_ERROR_RESOLVING_HEADER,
/* 132 */ AD_CANT_GET_CURMLSTYLE,
/* 133 */ AD_CANT_ADD_DEFAULT_OBJECTS,
/* 134 */ AD_CANT_MALLOC_FOR_RASTER_FILE_WRITE,
/* 135 */ AD_ERROR_IN_RASTER_DATA,
/* 136 */ AD_UNABLE_TO_ALLOC_VM_MEMORY,
/* 137 */ AD_MAX_MEM_BLKS_EXCEEDED,
/* 138 */ AD_ATTEMPT_TO_READ_FROM_NON_EXISTENT_VM_BLOCK,
/* 139 */ AD_FILE_HAS_NO_BMP,
/* 140 */ AD_FILE_HAS_NO_WMF,
/* 141 */ AD_FILE_ALREADY_HAS_BMP,
/* 142 */ AD_FILE_ALREADY_HAS_WMF,
/* 143 */ AD_ERROR_LOADING_BMP,
/* 144 */ AD_ERROR_LOADING_WMF,
/* 145 */ AD_ERROR_ON_BLOCK_ENT_READ,
/* 146 */ AD_ERROR_FLUSHING_OBJECT_TO_VM,
/* 147 */ AD_ERROR_ON_LAYER_READ_START,
/* 148 */ AD_ERROR_READING_LAYER,
/* 149 */ AD_COULDNT_FIND_VPENT_HDR_HANDLE,
/* 150 */ AD_ERROR_CLOSING_FILE,
/* 151 */ AD_ATTEMPT_TO_DELETE_FROM_NULL_LIST,
/* 152 */ AD_ENTITY_NOT_FOUND_IN_LIST,
/* 153 */ AD_DUPLICATE_HANDLE_IN_FILE,
/* 154 */ AD_INCOMPLETE_ACIS_ENTRY,
/* 155 */ AD_UNEXPECTED_END_OF_FILE_IN_DXF,
/* 156 */ AD_INVALID_DXF_VERSION,
/* 157 */ AD_CANT_ALLOC_BLOB_BUF,
/* 158 */ AD_ERROR_WRITING_DICTIONARY_OBJECT,
/* 159 */ AD_ERROR_DELETING_PROXY_DATA,
/* 160 */ AD_ERROR_DELETING_PROXY_OBJIDS,
/* 161 */ AD_ERROR_WRITING_PROXY_OBJECT,
/* 162 */ AD_ATTEMPT_TO_READ_FROM_NULL_BLOB,
/* 163 */ AD_ATTEMPT_TO_WRITE_TO_NULL_BLOB,
/* 164 */ AD_NO_OBJECTS_IN_LIST,
/* 165 */ AD_UNKNOWN_XRECORD_TYPE_READ,
/* 166 */ AD_ATTEMPT_TO_WRITE_UNKNOWN_XRECORD_TYPE,
/* 167 */ AD_CANNOT_PROCESS_LARGE_PROXY_ENT,
/* 168 */ AD_DID_NOT_FIND_OBJECT_TO_DELETE,
/* 169 */ AD_ERROR_FREEING_OBJECT,
/* 170 */ AD_ERROR_DELETING_OBJECT,
/* 171 */ AD_CANT_FIND_LEADER_DIMSTYLE,
/* 172 */ AD_ATTEMPT_TO_ADD_DUPLICATE_HANDLE,
/* 173 */ AD_BTREE_ERROR,
/* 174 */ AD_CANT_FIND_TOLERANCE_DIMSTYLE,
/* 175 */ AD_ERROR_DELETING_DURING_REPLACE,
/* 176 */ AD_NO_CLASSES_IN_LIST,
/* 177 */ AD_ERROR_DELETING_CLASS_XDATA,
/* 178 */ AD_ERROR_DELETING_CLASS,
/* 179 */ AD_ERROR_FREEING_CLASS,
/* 180 */ AD_DID_NOT_FIND_CLASS_TO_DELETE,
/* 181 */ AD_ERROR_ALLOCATING_TMP_HEADER,
/* 182 */ AD_UNABLE_TO_OPEN_INIT_FILE,
/* 183 */ AD_INCORRECT_INIT_FILE_VERSION,
/* 184 */ AD_BAD_HEADER_SIZE,
/* 185 */ AD_BAD_HEADER_CRC,
/* 186 */ AD_BAD_DWG_INFO,
/* 187 */ AD_BAD_ENTITY,
/* 188 */ AD_BAD_BLOCKHEADER,
/* 189 */ AD_BAD_LAYER,
/* 190 */ AD_BAD_SHAPEFILE,
/* 191 */ AD_BAD_LINETYPE,
/* 192 */ AD_BAD_VIEW,
/* 193 */ AD_BAD_UCS,
/* 194 */ AD_BAD_VPORT,
/* 195 */ AD_BAD_REGAPP,
/* 196 */ AD_BAD_DIMSTYLE,
/* 197 */ AD_BAD_VPORTENTHDR,
/* 198 */ AD_BAD_BLOCKENTITY,
/* 199 */ AD_BAD_EXTRAENTITY,
/* 200 */ AD_BAD_SECONDHEADER,
/* 201 */ AD_BAD_OBJECT,
/* 202 */ AD_BAD_CLASSDEF,
/* 203 */ AD_OBJ_MAP_WRITE_ERROR,
/* 204 */ AD_NO_PSPACE_VPORT_FOUND,
/* 205 */ AD_CANT_REPLACE_DIFFERING_OBJECTS,
/* 206 */ AD_ERROR_ALLOC_PARENT_BUF,
/* 207 */ AD_ERROR_ALLOCATING_CODEPAGE_BUF,
/* 208 */ AD_ERROR_ALLOC_PROXY_BUFFER,
/* 209 */ AD_ERROR_ALLOCATING_BTREE_BUFFER,
/* 210 */ AD_ERROR_ALLOCATING_BLOB_BUFFER,
/* 211 */ AD_ERROR_ALLOC_OBJHANDLE_BUFFER,
/* 212 */ AD_ERROR_ALLOC_BESTENTRY_BUF,
/* 213 */ AD_ERROR_ALLOC_VP_PTR,
/* 214 */ AD_CANT_ALLOC_VM_BTNODE,
/* 215 */ AD_CANT_ALLOC_VM_BLOB,
/* 216 */ AD_CANT_ALLOC_VM_TEMPMEM,
/* 217 */ AD_CANT_ALLOC_VM_HDR,
/* 218 */ AD_CANT_ALLOC_VM_LLIST,
/* 219 */ AD_CANT_ALLOC_VM_LLALLOC,
/* 220 */ AD_CANT_ALLOC_VM_LTYPE,
/* 221 */ AD_CANT_ALLOC_VM_BLKH,
/* 222 */ AD_CANT_ALLOC_VM_BINDATA,
/* 223 */ AD_CANT_ALLOC_VM_STRU,
/* 224 */ AD_CANT_ALLOC_LWPLINE_TEMP,
/* 225 */ AD_CANT_ALLOC_HATCH_DATA,
/* 226 */ AD_CANT_FIND_ENTITY_TO_REPLACE,
/* 227 */ AD_CANT_SET_CURRENT_NODE,
/* 228 */ AD_ERROR_ON_ENTITY_ADD_DURING_REPLACE,
/* 229 */ AD_ERROR_ON_VPENT_LIST_UPDATE,
/* 230 */ AD_CANT_CREATE_IDBUFFER_CLASS,
/* 231 */ AD_ATTEMPT_TO_ADD_NULL_HANDLE,
/* 232 */ AD_INSERT_OF_BAD_BLOCK,
/* 233 */ AD_CANT_ALLOC_VERTEX,
/* 234 */ AD_CANT_ALLOC_LINETYPE,
/* 235 */ AD_CANT_ALLOC_SHPTB,
/* 236 */ AD_CANT_ALLOC_VIEW_MATRICES,
/* 237 */ AD_CANT_ALLOC_SKIP_VERTEX,
/* 238 */ AD_CANT_ALLOC_POINT_MATRIX,
/* 239 */ AD_CANT_ALLOC_SHAPE_MATRICES,
/* 240 */ AD_CANT_ALLOC_POLYLINE,
/* 241 */ AD_CANT_ALLOC_PL_STORAGE,
/* 242 */ AD_CANT_ALLOC_VERT,
/* 243 */ AD_CANT_ALLOC_BLOCK,
/* 244 */ AD_CANT_ALLOC_MLINE_TYPE,
/* 245 */ AD_CANT_ALLOC_SOLMAT,
/* 246 */ AD_CANT_ALLOC_ELLIPSE_VIEWMAT,
/* 247 */ AD_CANT_ALLOC_MLINE_ARCS_VIEWMAT,
/* 248 */ AD_CANT_ALLOC_MLINE_ARC_CAPS,
/* 249 */ AD_CANT_ALLOC_SEGLTYPES,
/* 250 */ AD_CANT_ALLOC_MESH_VERTS,
/* 251 */ AD_CANT_ALLOC_GRDATA_STORAGE,
/* 252 */ AD_CANT_ALLOC_SHELL_VERTS,
/* 253 */ AD_CANT_ALLOC_SHELL_FACES,
/* 254 */ AD_CANT_ALLOC_GRSHELL_PRIMS,
/* 255 */ AD_CANT_ALLOC_PROXY_IMG_VIEWMAT,
/* 256 */ AD_CANT_ALLOC_MLINE_LTYPE,
/* 257 */ AD_CANT_ALLOC_MLINE_SEGLTYPES,
/* 258 */ AD_CANT_ALLOC_TEXT_SHMAT,
/* 259 */ AD_CANT_ALLOC_MTEXT_STORAGE,
/* 260 */ AD_CANT_ALLOC_MTEXT_SHMAT,
/* 261 */ AD_CANT_ALLOC_SECOND_VERT,
/* 262 */ AD_CANT_ALLOC_VERT_TEMPPTR,
/* 263 */ AD_CANT_ALLOC_POLYARC_VERT,
/* 264 */ AD_CANT_ALLOC_POLYMESH_VERT,
/* 265 */ AD_CANT_ALLOC_POLYMESH_POINTS,
/* 266 */ AD_CANT_ALLOC_POLYMESH_VPTR,
/* 267 */ AD_CANT_ALLOC_SHP_SMALLINDEX,
/* 268 */ AD_CANT_ALLOC_SHP_TEMP,
/* 269 */ AD_CANT_ALLOC_BIGINDEX_TEMP,
/* 270 */ AD_CANT_ALLOC_BIGINDEX,
/* 271 */ AD_CANT_ALLOC_SHP_DATABLOCK,
/* 272 */ AD_CANT_ALLOC_TEMP_ADHD,
/* 273 */ AD_CANT_ALLOC_DRAW_TEMPS,
/* 274 */ AD_CANT_ALLOC_SPLINE_STUFF,
/* 275 */ AD_CANT_ALLOC_AD3_CTRL_BLOCKS,
/* 276 */ AD_CANT_ALLOC_LT_SHAPE_SHMAT,
/* 277 */ AD_CANT_FIND_GROUP_DICTIONARY,
/* 278 */ AD_CANT_SEEK_GROUP_DICTIONARY,
/* 279 */ AD_CANT_ADD_GROUP,
/* 280 */ AD_CANT_READ_DIC_ITEM_BLOB,
/* 281 */ AD_CANT_REPLACE_DICTIONARY_OBJ,
/* 282 */ AD_CANT_REPLACE_ENTITY,
/* 283 */ AD_CANT_SEEK_ENTITY,
/* 284 */ AD_CANT_ALLOC_AD_INTERNAL_DATA,
/* 285 */ AD_CANT_MALLOC_FOR_RASTER_ADD,
/* 286 */ AD_R14_BETA_FORMAT_UNSUPPORTED,
/* 287 */ AD_VPENT_WITH_NO_XDATA,
/* 288 */ AD_CANT_RESOLVE_ENTITY_XDATA,
/* 289 */ AD_CANT_ADD_ENTITY,
/* 290 */ AD_CANT_ADD_ENTHANDLE_TO_INDEX,
/* 291 */ AD_CANT_ADD_VPENT_TO_LIST,
/* 292 */ AD_DUPLICATE_HANDLE,
/* 293 */ AD_ERROR_ALLOCATING_SHAPEFILE,
/* 294 */ AD_CANT_INIT_SHFILE_SYSTEM,
/* 295 */ AD_INIT_DATA_MUST_BE_LOADED,
/* 296 */ AD_UNABLE_TO_OPEN_FONT,
/* 297 */ AD_UNABLE_TO_OPEN_BIGFONT,
/* 298 */ AD_DXF_LINE_TOO_LONG,
/* 299 */ AD_DXF_LINE_CONTAINS_NON_NUMS,
/* 300 */ AD_BAD_OBJHANDLE_IN_HEADER,
/* 301 */ AD_PROBABLE_BAD_VPENT_DATA,
/* 302 */ AD_ERROR_IN_VPENT_HEADER,
/* 303 */ AD_HANDLE_NOT_FOUND_IN_BTREE,
/* 304 */ AD_UNABLE_TO_SET_CURRENT_NODE_IN_LIST,
/* 305 */ AD_UNABLE_TO_GET_REQUESTED_ITEM,
/* 306 */ AD_SAVE_ATTEMPTED_TO_INCOMPATIBLE_VERSION,
/* 307 */ AD_ERROR_IN_ACIS_READ,
/* 308 */ AD_ATTEMPT_TO_ADD_BLOCK_WITH_DUPLICATE_NAME,
/* 309 */ AD_UNSUPPORTED_Version
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