christopherdavis Posted January 20, 2000 Share Posted January 20, 2000 Hello, I've encountered a problem converting VectorWorks drawings files between Mac & Windows. My draftsman has Vectorworks installed on his Mac. I have VectorWorks (v8.5.1)installed on a Windows machine. When he e-mails me drawings, they arrive in <filename>.dat format. I am successful in viewing, revising, and saving them in either *.dat or *.mcd format. When I resend revised drawings back to him on his Mac, what format should I use? Whether the drawing I send is in *.dat or *.mcd, he can't seem to be able to view them properly. Any advice? Chris [This message has been edited by christopherdavis (edited 01-19-2000).] Quote Link to comment
Guest Posted January 25, 2000 Share Posted January 25, 2000 When sending work between Mac and PC versions of the program you should always save the file with a ".mcd" suffix. This will allow the PC version to understand that the file is a VectorWorks file. If you send a file from a Mac without the suffix to a PC you will see the ".dat" suffix which may cause problems for some users when trying to open the file. So If you are on a Mac and are Sending files to PC always remember the ".mcd" extension before you send it. Quote Link to comment
christopherdavis Posted January 25, 2000 Author Share Posted January 25, 2000 Thanks, roger, Now how should one send files the other way: from PC's to Macs? Chris Quote Link to comment
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