samb'ham Posted July 31, 2007 Share Posted July 31, 2007 I'm wondering if I should be able to open *.mcd files created on a PC with my Mac. I'm guessing not... Quote Link to comment
samb'ham Posted July 31, 2007 Author Share Posted July 31, 2007 Okay great! What's the trick? Right now I'm unable to open a couple of *.mcd files. Quote Link to comment
Christiaan Posted July 31, 2007 Share Posted July 31, 2007 Have you tried opening them from with VectorWorks (File>Open...) rather than double-clicking on them? Quote Link to comment
domer1322 Posted July 31, 2007 Share Posted July 31, 2007 another possibility ... if your windows version of VW is newer than your Mac version, then it won't open it on the Mac (or on an older windows version). Quote Link to comment
Guest Posted July 31, 2007 Share Posted July 31, 2007 Typically when sending a mac file to a PC user, the file extension is not there. A good rule of thumb for mac users who plan to work with PC users is to get in the habit of saving the filename.mcd to avoid this in the future. To open a Mac file on a PC, the PC user will need to right click on the file and add .mcd to the end of the file name. To open a PC file on a Mac, the file association will need to be written. To do this, get info on the file and set the file to open with VectorWorks. Another good rule of thumb to keep in mind is when exchanging files between Macs and PCs, compress the file (.zip or .sit) to maintain file associations. Email applications can often strip the file extension. Quote Link to comment
samb'ham Posted July 31, 2007 Author Share Posted July 31, 2007 (edited) Looks like using "File>Open" will work! (Dragging the icon and changing the file info don't work) Thank you very much. Edited July 31, 2007 by samb'ham Quote Link to comment
sarah d Posted August 14, 2007 Share Posted August 14, 2007 hi i have the same problem!!! but i cant even get it to work with file-open etc just says there is no written permission? anyone able to help? Quote Link to comment
Guest Posted August 14, 2007 Share Posted August 14, 2007 That means you do not have permission to access that file. Is the file stored on a network or the local computer? Quote Link to comment
jan15 Posted August 14, 2007 Share Posted August 14, 2007 Is there still that problem with opening files that are on CD's? It used to be that you couldn't open a file that's on a CD because it's automatically a "read-only" file, no "write" permission. You had to copy the file to the hard disk first, and open that copy. At least that was true on Windows. With older Windows versions you also had to remove the read-only attribute from the file's properties. Quote Link to comment
Jonathan Pickup Posted August 14, 2007 Share Posted August 14, 2007 (edited) other Macintosh trick is to drag the file to the VectorWorks icon on the dock. If the VectorWorks icon does not highlight then hold done the option and apple keys. That will force VectorWorks to open the file. Edited August 14, 2007 by archoncad Quote Link to comment
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