Robin Newberry

Nope, no ACAD here - that's why I have VectorWorks. I'll email them and ask them to bind any external references. FWIW, here's the import log: --------------------------- SUMMARY --------------------------- Total files examined: 1 Total files successfully imported: 0 Total files not imported: 1 Not a DXF or DWG file: 0 Unknown reasons: 1 DXF/DWG Import Started at: 3/30/05 10:44:46 AM Source Folder: Macintosh HD:Users:wnewber:Documents:CU Atlas: Destination Folder or File: Macintosh HD:Applications:VectorWorks 11.5:Templates:Untitled 1 --------------------------- DETAILS --------------------------- FILE RESULT OF IMPORTING ---- ------------------- Cuatlas.dwg FAILURE: Unknown reasons --------------------------- SUMMARY --------------------------- Total files examined: 1 Total files successfully imported: 0 Total files not imported: 1 Not a DXF or DWG file: 0 Unknown reasons: 1

I didn't do anything with the font mapping, cuz I don't know how.

OK - I tried resetting it to All 2d. When that didn't work, I tried every permutation of custom setting I could think of. Still nada. When I go to import, the progress bar gets through the "Loading file" phase without a hitch, but when it gets to "Converting proxies to groups" it grinds on for minutes, then quits with the error message. Actually 2 error messages: "File could not be imported for unknown reasons" and the out of memory message. I've just found out they've recently upgraded to AutoCAD 2006 in the mapping shop; could that be it?

What's a "hatch"? The file isn't mine (it's the atlas of the University where I work). It's my understanding that it has many, many layers; each service is a separate layer (water, steam, storm sewer, sanitary sewer, etc. etc.). I expect this might be contributing to the problem.

I've a largish DWG (32 M) file that I need to import into Vectorworks (11.5). Every time I try I get a "one or more operations was aborted due to lack of memory" message, and the file fails to import (although Vectorworks does not crash). I've plenty of horsepower to do this (Dual 2 GHz G5 running OS X10.3.8 with 2 GB memory); any ideas?