mmoriarty Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 I have VW 2008 and received a .vwx but it is from a new version. Is there any converter available to downsave this newer version to VW 2008? I have a dwg converter that does this for dwg's of different versions but can't find anything like that for VW. Quote Link to comment
willofmaine Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 Whoever sent it to you should be able to save it as a 2008 version and send that to you... Quote Link to comment
islandmon Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 This post resurrects a topic of considerable debate over the years. Why is it that mmoriarty's uniquely-derived-laboriously-CADified-proprietary and fully functional Vectorworks format saved files must be version specific. and: Why is a file VW created in the future from a succeeding version of VW able to be re-addressed through a Worm ~ Hole . Then, as if by magic collapsing within the precincts of mmoriartys personal computational device. Only to be summarily rejected by an operational legacy version of Vectorworks as an " unreadable file format " . hence, Is a policy of future-release-formatting most beneficial for the average User ? Is there the possibility for a fully-functional-locked version, as well, as a generic slimmed down file format called... none other than... VW-lite Quote Link to comment
Croo377 Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 Does anybody know how to save a file in VW 2011 to VW 2008? Quote Link to comment
CipesDesign Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 File>Export>Export to 2008... Quote Link to comment
AndiACD Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 With you there Edward, something REALLY needs to be done about passing files though different versions of VW without it always complaining or warning of the "Origin" of the file. i know where it came from, "Just Open It!" Quote Link to comment
Croo377 Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 Thank you for the Quick Reply. The person I'm relaying this information to doesn't see the option to "Export to 2008". The earliest version he can export to is 2009. Thoughts? Quote Link to comment
Bruce Kieffer Posted June 3, 2011 Share Posted June 3, 2011 I'm using VW 2011, SP3. You can?t get newer than that. I see the 2008 export option. Maybe the Windows version doesn't have that ability. See the attached screen shot: Quote Link to comment
mike m oz Posted June 4, 2011 Share Posted June 4, 2011 Croo377 education licenses can only export back two versions. That is why they don't see an Export as Vectorworoks 2008 file option. Quote Link to comment
Croo377 Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 Thank you Mike that confirms that I'm not going crazy. Is there a way in the educational version to export the file back to 2008? Quote Link to comment
CipesDesign Posted June 5, 2011 Share Posted June 5, 2011 Hey MIke, et al, Can we (meaning owners of the full version) downsave from their file?? If so, would there be any risk (or impropriety) for us to do so?? Quote Link to comment
propstuff Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 Professional versions cant open edu versions; in Australia at least Quote Link to comment
CipesDesign Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 Okay thanks. That's what I thought I remembered... Quote Link to comment
James Russell Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 Just incase you ever need to view a Education document, as I did whilst marking educational work, you can use any of the VW Viewers to open and flick through layers, minor dimension and viewport changes and print. Also remember that even if you can open an educational document it and any components from within it are tagged as educational upon printing. Even if copied to another document. It's like the plague, stay away! Just incase that helps anyone in the future. J Quote Link to comment
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