puchi Posted November 19, 2007 Share Posted November 19, 2007 Hi. I am trying to export VW 2008 file to DWG format. When I go Export>DWG/DXF, it seems that it only allows me to export as the file name "MacOS.dwg". On the top of this, I can only save this file to "Contents" folder in "User" , but I don't see the folder when I actually look for it. Is there any setting that can change this?? Quote Link to comment
0 Guest Posted November 19, 2007 Share Posted November 19, 2007 Do you have limited user permissions? Quote Link to comment
0 puchi Posted November 19, 2007 Author Share Posted November 19, 2007 What do you mean by "limited user permissions"? Quote Link to comment
0 Guest Posted November 19, 2007 Share Posted November 19, 2007 Are you logged in as an administrator, or has your office set up user accounts with permissions? Quote Link to comment
0 puchi Posted November 19, 2007 Author Share Posted November 19, 2007 I have read/write privileges, logged in as an administrator. Quote Link to comment
0 Guest Posted November 19, 2007 Share Posted November 19, 2007 You can't choose another location, like the desktop? Quote Link to comment
0 puchi Posted November 19, 2007 Author Share Posted November 19, 2007 I tried to save onto desktop, but I still could not do it. The computer is on OS 10.5. Does it have anything to do with it? Quote Link to comment
0 Guest Posted November 19, 2007 Share Posted November 19, 2007 Do you get an error message? Have you run Disk Utility since upgrading? Did you install Leopard as a new install or an upgrade? Quote Link to comment
0 puchi Posted November 19, 2007 Author Share Posted November 19, 2007 I do not get any error message, but the alert saying "this file already exist. do you want to replace it?" . The file name that it referred to was "MacOS.dwg". The hard drive had to be replaced with new one by Apple, and Leopard was installed on to the new hard drive when the computer came back from them. I have not run Disk Utility since then. Should I run it? Quote Link to comment
0 Guest Posted November 19, 2007 Share Posted November 19, 2007 Run Disk Utility and try it again. You are using VW 2008, right? (Your tag mentions VW 10) Also make sure you have Service Pack 1 installed. Quote Link to comment
0 puchi Posted November 19, 2007 Author Share Posted November 19, 2007 I just ran the disk utility, but it did not change the situation. Yes. I am on 2008 now. Service pack is installed. Sorry for the confusion.... Quote Link to comment
0 Guest Posted November 19, 2007 Share Posted November 19, 2007 You may want to try to uninstall and reinstall VW, making sure to delete the preferences files and empty the trash. Is the same problem occurs, there may be something loose with the OS. You may want to do a fresh install of leopard rather than an upgrade. I've read on several mac-related forums people have ended up with problems using the upgrade path as opposed to the clean install of Leopard. Quote Link to comment
0 steve s Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 I am having identical problem, cannot save an export dxf or dwg where I want or by the name I want. PM g5 Leopard. need help Quote Link to comment
0 dcs Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 I've been having the same issue. Can't export in 3ds format either though PDF works fine. Any solutions? Thanks Quote Link to comment
0 Dafel Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 I?m having the same problem. After trying the first dwg export to a selected folder, the file never appeared and for the next attempts exporting to the same or different location I get a message "Macintosh HD:Applications:VectorWorks 2008:VectorWorks2008.app:Contents:MacOS-dwg This files already exists. Do you want to replace the existing file?". I can?t find that directory path (folders don?t exist or are not visible). Mac OS 10.5, MB core 2 duo, VW2008. Any idea? Thank you Quote Link to comment
0 nycL45 Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 When I try to export dwg/dxf of any kind, three squares to a floor plan or VW12.5 or VW2008, nothing happens and the target file is empty. Is there a solution? Please respond; consultants are waiting for our drawings. MacBook Pro, 2.16GHz, 2GB, Mac OS 10.4.11 VectorWorks2008 SP2 Cinema 4D v10.111 VrayForC4D v1.0876 M~R v1.6.1, C4D/M~R plugin v1.6f3 Fryrender v1.9.1 Quote Link to comment
0 m27 Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 ok here is how i sorta worked around the problem i dont know if this first step helped, but i did it before i did the last step go to applications>utilities>terminal> type # defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles -bool true # KillAll Finder press enter. then go to applications>vectorworks and right click the application logo, and click on "show package contents" then contents>MacOS-DWG>MacOS.dwg if you open up that last file that is the one you are looking for. you can take it out of there and rename it and it is as good as any other file. the only thing is that everytime you export the new file goes right into that folder. Quote Link to comment
0 Evan Drill Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 Thanks for that workaround ... just saved me, Cheers Quote Link to comment
0 Eem Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 I am having the same problem! Has anyone found a solution? The workaround is not working for me. I'm running Mac OS X 10.6.7 and Vectorworks 2008! Thanks in advance! Quote Link to comment
0 Drewinatl Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 I had the similar problem when trying to export a 3DS from vectorwork 2008. It goes through the saving process but is not where I saved it or in the content folder. Where else could it be going. Thanks Drew Quote Link to comment
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puchi
Hi.
I am trying to export VW 2008 file to DWG format.
When I go Export>DWG/DXF, it seems that it only allows me to export as the file name "MacOS.dwg".
On the top of this, I can only save this file to "Contents" folder in "User" , but I don't see the folder when I actually look for it.
Is there any setting that can change this??
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