wjpeel Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 Recently, I am having trouble importing .dwg/.dxf files in Vectorworks. The following message normally appears: 'This is an unrecognised file. This is not a file type that is supported for import.' The latest .dwg file I am having problems importing is a drawing made in AutoCAD 2010. It is only 528KB. Any ideas? Thanks. Quote Link to comment
0 Vectorworks, Inc Employee PVA - Admin Posted September 25, 2014 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted September 25, 2014 The file is indeed .DWG format? It isnt inside a zip or not listing an extension? Did you create the file in ACAD 2010 or it came from another user? Are you drag/dropping to import or are you manualyl going to File > Import > Import DXF/DWG ? I can confirm the files formatting if you can send it to tech@vectorworks.net Quote Link to comment
0 wjpeel Posted September 25, 2014 Author Share Posted September 25, 2014 Thanks for your reply. The file is .dwg format from another user. Tried both drag/dropping and manually importing. No luck. Will email to you. Quote Link to comment
0 Vectorworks, Inc Employee PVA - Admin Posted September 25, 2014 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted September 25, 2014 This DWG actually fails to import in all versions of Vectorworks I have here, but i am able to view it in TrueView without issue. Nothing wrong on your end most likely, submitting the file to engineering now. For the time being, you may need to have the creator save the DWG back a version or two and retry import. Quote Link to comment
0 Vectorworks, Inc Employee PVA - Admin Posted September 29, 2014 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted September 29, 2014 Rename the DWG to "test.dwg" and retry the import, let me know the results. This is an odd one, apparently the "E" character in the name is broken. I was unaware that letters in file names could be broken... learned something new today. Quote Link to comment
0 zoomer Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 I was unaware that letters in file names could be broken... learned something new today. +1 Quote Link to comment
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wjpeel
Recently, I am having trouble importing .dwg/.dxf files in Vectorworks. The following message normally appears:
'This is an unrecognised file. This is not a file type that is supported for import.'
The latest .dwg file I am having problems importing is a drawing made in AutoCAD 2010. It is only 528KB.
Any ideas? Thanks.
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