How Do I Open Old MiniCAD files in VW v12?

[Bob Armbruster]

How do I open old MiniCAD files or old VectorWorks files in version 12? The file dates go back as far as 1988. They may be MiniCAD version 4 or later.

Thanks,

Bob

[Ray Libby]

VectorWorks 2008 will open files back to Minicad 7. I believe VectorWorks 12 and previous will open files up to 3 versions old. To open a Minicad 4 file you would need Minicad 7. If an earlier version is not available, contact NNA Sales Support for assistance.

[Petri]

This may soon become an interesting (in the Chinese sense of the word) problem to some old users! They won't necessarily have a machine capable of running MiniCAD 7!

[Cris with no H]

I wonder if there would be any profitability in keeping some older machines running older versions and running a converting service.

Ya know....this wasn't a problem back when we drew things by hand and our archives were sets of blueprints sealed in plastic and stored in a dry place....*snicker*

Cris Dopher

[Christiaan]

I don't understand why NNA doesn't support all versions going right back. Bloat maybe? Well, at the conference it London it was a suggested to the engineers that maybe there should be a standalone app to convert all previous versions.

This may soon become an interesting (in the Chinese sense of the word) problem to some old users! They won't necessarily have a machine capable of running MiniCAD 7!

The way around that might be to run virtualisation software.

[Guest]

All versions of VW, starting with VW 8 will import MiniCAD 7 and newer files. Prior to VW 8, all versions of MiniCAD can convert files up to 3 versions back.

If you have files pre-MiniCAD 7, we can aid in the conversion process. Please contact Tech Support directly for details:

410-290-5114 or tech@nemetschek.net