DWG Error Messages

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