Viper x Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 I am trying to export and save a file as a DWG. It exports OK but everytime I try to open it in Acad to check it, it crashes and hangs at 6% conversion and will not open any further. Any tips as to what I am doing wrong please ? Quote Link to comment
B.Balemi Posted February 18, 2005 Share Posted February 18, 2005 Convert youre 3d stuff to 2d especially if it is autocad Lt Brendan Quote Link to comment
Viper x Posted February 19, 2005 Author Share Posted February 19, 2005 I have no 3d in the drawing and I am trying to open it in a full version. Quote Link to comment
B.Balemi Posted February 19, 2005 Share Posted February 19, 2005 What version autocad? Brendan Quote Link to comment
B.Balemi Posted February 19, 2005 Share Posted February 19, 2005 Ooops try dxf as well as curves not binray B Quote Link to comment
Viper x Posted February 19, 2005 Author Share Posted February 19, 2005 quote: Originally posted by B.Balemi: What version autocad? Brendan 2000 Quote Link to comment
Guest Posted February 20, 2005 Share Posted February 20, 2005 Don't check export hatches in the export dialog box and see if that helps. Quote Link to comment
Marietta Posted February 21, 2005 Share Posted February 21, 2005 Once in a while we have had that problem also - it won't open properly in autocad, or autocad hangs, but will reimport to vectorworks fine. For one file, we converted to an earlier version of Vectorworks - 9 which then converted to autocad with no problems. I'd do this as the last try, since it doesn't convert as nicely for fills, hatches, images, etc. Try purging your drawing also. Quote Link to comment
mike m oz Posted February 21, 2005 Share Posted February 21, 2005 Katie - I have a question about the exporting of hatches. - Export a VW drawing to DWG using all the default settings. - Reimport the drawing into VectorWorks. All of the hatch spacings wiil have been divided by 1000 so that what were reasonable spaced hatches now look like solid fills. How do I prevent this from happening? Quote Link to comment
Viper x Posted February 22, 2005 Author Share Posted February 22, 2005 Thanks for the suggestions but nothing has worked. [ 02-22-2005, 08:12 AM: Message edited by: Viper x ] Quote Link to comment
mike m oz Posted February 22, 2005 Share Posted February 22, 2005 A couple of thoughts (work with a copy of your drawing): - Try exporting to AutoCAD 14 (Simpler may be better) - Try exporting from the Design Sheets rather than the Viewports and see if that makes any difference. Purge the drawing of everything possible first. Also make sure that you are not exporting invisible classes Doing the latter you may be able to isolate whether the problem is specific to a particular layer of your drawing. As a last resort absolutely dumb down your drawing by: - Converting all symbols and plug-in objects to groups and then ungrouping them. - Ungrouping all groups - Ungroup the walls (if they have solid fills unfill them first) and then use Custom Selection to select and delete all the polylines with zero line thicknessees on the centrelines of the walls that ungrouping reveals. - Delete all Guides - Delete all 2D and 3D loci (use Custom Selection to select them) This will make all of the informaton just linework which should be easier to export. It is probably worth doing a purge of everything possible before you actually do the export. I would also check the extents of your drawing and make sure there is not a stray object way off the drawing. If it still won't work try sending it t another AutoCAD person and see if they have the same problem so that you can eliminate your copy of AutoCAD. If you still don't have success you had better then send it to the NNA tech people to see if they are able to solve the mystery. Quote Link to comment
oldguy Posted February 22, 2005 Share Posted February 22, 2005 Would be glad to try importing (AutoCAD 2004) E-mail, if you like, to longleyje@bowater.com JimL Quote Link to comment
oldguy Posted February 28, 2005 Share Posted February 28, 2005 A very perplexing CAD file. The Good News: Will open successfully in AutoCAD 2004. Will NOT open in AutoCAD 2000 (even if saved back to R14 format). Now here?s where it gets even odder Using a Translator supplied as part of VersaCAD 2003 (Yup! VersaCAD ? Any one remember this one?! ? Now available for OSX by the way) I translated from DXF to DWG. Translation went OK, by still wouldn?t open in AutoCAD per-2004. Translated from DXF to VersaCAD?s .2d format. Again, translation went OK. But, guess what. VersaCAD still could not open the converted drawing. Grrrr. What?s odd, I think, is that a third-party translator (based in part, on OpenDWG libraries) can translate OK but still leaves something odd, or corrupt in the file as AutoCAD 2000 , or VersaCAD 2003 for that matter, sees it. I was able to get it to open as far as 90% or so under A2K before crashing. OldGuy JimL Whoa! Late Breaking News! One Last Try. Low and behold - the is what "appears to the eye" to be a hatch, but AutoCAD sees it as a Block (or symbol). I exploded the Block to the individual entities that make it up. And there was only one - a Hatch! Exploded the Hatch to it's individual lines and Budda Boom Budda Bing - a Useble AutoCAD 2000 format drawing. Lessson: Things are not always what they first appear to be [ 02-28-2005, 11:10 AM: Message edited by: oldguy ] Quote Link to comment
Viper x Posted February 28, 2005 Author Share Posted February 28, 2005 Thanks Jim ! Great effort. Quote Link to comment
Jim Smith Posted February 28, 2005 Share Posted February 28, 2005 VersaCad!!! Holy 80's Old Guy; you are, an old guy! 1st Cad & second software I ever used. As for the problem, we have had some problems lately; but importing DWG&DXF. Ridding the AutoCad file of all hatches seems to have worked, to make the file available in VW. Quote Link to comment
oldguy Posted March 1, 2005 Share Posted March 1, 2005 quote: Originally posted by Jim Smith: VersaCad!!! Holy 80's Old Guy; you are, an old guy! 1st Cad & second software I ever used. As for the problem, we have had some problems lately; but importing DWG&DXF. Ridding the AutoCad file of all hatches seems to have worked, to make the file available in VW. Yup. Started with VersaCAD 5.4 in 1988 on a screamin 386/20 with 4MB RAM - Hot Hot Hot. HAve you seen the latest update of VersaCAD Mac Edition - now runs as an OS X app. JimL Quote Link to comment
Jim Smith Posted March 1, 2005 Share Posted March 1, 2005 No I should check it out, if only for old times' sake. Quote Link to comment
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