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Opening MiniCad 6 files on VW10


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Dear Bruce,

I have had the same issue with old files. As a working professional I value my time and my client's time.

1. I also don't like do do things over.

2. I don't have room for paper backup.

3. I don't want to keep a work station running System 8 just for MInicad.

I can understand not being able to open NEW files with OLD software. That's OK. Illustrator, PhotoShop, Word, will all open OLD files. I thought CAD meant computer aided design.

On the cover of the Vector Works 10 box wrap is a pump cutaway that I did in the late 80's with Minicad 4 or 5. If that client called me today I would have to start from scratch. I may as well have rendered the project with an air brush.

P.S. The new Pumps are not that different.

Robert J. Tiedemann

Tiedemann Design

Stamford, CT

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Most of your CAD programs work that way because of things constantly changing in vector definitions as computers get smarter.

AutoCad I know has limited convertion and exporting versions. You can't export to a version more than 3 versions back .. just like VW.

Comparing a vector file definitions to a text based or image based application is like comparing apples to peanuts.

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