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#25215 by kscottr181
Wed Jun 13, 2007 9:43 am

Greetings Guys,
All of our consulatants use Autocad and the trouble that I run into when converting DataCad to a DWG is the scrambled text. If I were to bring up my drawing in Autocad that was created in DataCad 11, my text is all over the place, any suggestions?
Thanks!
Scott
#25216 by MtnArch
Wed Jun 13, 2007 9:53 am
Scott -

1) Upgrade to V12 (as soon as we can!). V12 uses SHX files now instead of CHR's (don't worry ... DC converts ALL of your CHR files to SHX files automatically) and the aspect issue is gone as well.
2) Download the V12 Test Drive and export your DWG's from it (as a stop gap). You will need to create a separate copy of your AEC file (from V11) to open in V12 if you will be continuing to work on the file in V11 - otherwise you'll have to do a 'SaveAs V11' from V12.

IHTH.
#25218 by kscottr181
Wed Jun 13, 2007 9:57 am
Thanks Alan,
I will do that right now and give it a try.
THANKS FOR YOUR HELP!
Scott
#25220 by MtnArch
Wed Jun 13, 2007 10:13 am
My pleasure, Scott. Good luck!

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