Steve B. Posted February 11, 2005 Share Posted February 11, 2005 This came up in conversation today... I've been using V11 Spotlight for a few months, and was under the impression that I could only export backwards to version 10, not further to 9.5 or 8, etc... The Export function in File, only shows an export to v10. Am I missing something ?. Steve B. Quote Link to comment
Jonathan Pickup Posted February 11, 2005 Share Posted February 11, 2005 my export shows export to 10, 9, 8 try changing to the standard workspace Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee klinzey Posted February 11, 2005 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted February 11, 2005 Are you using an educational version? I think with an educational versions of Vectorworks you can only export to the one previous version. Professional versions will export back to V8. Quote Link to comment
Steve B. Posted February 11, 2005 Author Share Posted February 11, 2005 Kevin, Any particular reason you folks disabled this functionality in an educational version ?. Steve B. Quote Link to comment
alanmac Posted February 12, 2005 Share Posted February 12, 2005 Hi Steve a similiar question came up a while back with no real response from the powers that be, but I did contribute my sixpenny worth. If you're interested here is the thread number, and as I said in the responses I'm guessing its to discourage what Nemetschek regards as improper use of eductional copies. http://techboard.nemetschek.net/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=12;t=004388 Alan [ 02-12-2005, 10:32 AM: Message edited by: alanmac ] Quote Link to comment
Steve B. Posted February 12, 2005 Author Share Posted February 12, 2005 My only comment is that as comparasion, Lightwright allows backwards capability to v2 from v4, which is better then 10 years of backwards compatability (in the educational version too boot). John M doesn't seem to see the need to limit this type of functionality in the current version of Lightwright. I'm certain it's a marketing issue for NM that affects the architectural market as well and am doubtful that Kevin will reply, but can say that I'm now less likely to recommend VW due to a student, due to this particular issue. I'm certain that the drafting instructor here is going to be very annoyed at this as well. Steve Bailey Brooklyn College Quote Link to comment
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