lightnb Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 I own a Professional Version of VectorWorks. I've been sent a drawing that was created in the Student version of 2008. I need to open (and edit) it. Please Help. Quote Link to comment
Pat Stanford Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 If it is from the Academic version of 2008, it should open just fine. The file will retain the Academic Version watermark, as will any file you try to copy and paste into or import resources into. There was a student version of VW12.5 that was released for a short time that had an incompatible file format. Could it actually be a VW12 file? If you contact Tech Support by phone at 410-290-5114 they should be able to help you get the file converted to something you can use. Pat Quote Link to comment
lightnb Posted May 16, 2008 Author Share Posted May 16, 2008 Thanks, The message I'm getting says: "This file was saved in the student edition of VectorWorks. Files saved in the student edition cannot be opened in the professional version." I think it was created in the free student edition of 2008. I don't know if it's "academic" or not. The pro version I'm running is 11. They used the 'export' function in 2008 to export to a version 11 file. Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee PVA - Admin Posted May 19, 2008 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted May 19, 2008 Lightnb, Refer the user that sent you the file to Student Services at studentservices@nemetschek.net to have the files converted. Also have the user include there serial number in the email so that he/she can be sent a new serial number to prevent this issue in the future. Quote Link to comment
lightnb Posted June 15, 2008 Author Share Posted June 15, 2008 The following addresses had delivery problems: Permanent Failure: 550_5.1.1_User_unknown Delivery last attempted at Sun, 15 Jun 2008 10:40:40 -0000 Quote Link to comment
Lucia Sunikansky Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 I own a Professional Version of VectorWorks. I've been sent a drawing that was created in the Student version of 2019. I need to open (and edit) it. Please Help. Quote Link to comment
Pat Stanford Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 You will need to contact VW tech support directly to see about getting the file converted. See the Contact Us link at the bottom of this page. Quote Link to comment
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