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I'm having trouble importing some 2007 AutoCad .dwg & .dxf into Dc11..
Is this an issue with 2007?
Has anyone else had problems?

thanks p.

Hello Peter,

I believe the latest DWG that can be imported into DataCAD is 2005? Maybe 2006...

I thought it was 2006.

Have them save it down.

If they can't I hear that AutoDesk has a free program called TrueConvert or something like that that will do it for you.

Had them send it to me in 2000, all is well..

thanks, will check out the download for future.

p.

If they can't I hear that AutoDesk has a free program called TrueConvert or something like that that will do it for you.

I installed TrueConvert a couple of weeks ago. It says that it converts between AutoCad versions 14, 2000, 2004, and 2007.

BiBicBockBlet *$@"^**#

You guys go through this all the time.. hats off and a salute... I very rarely do.

Well I downloaded the DWG True View from AutoDesk and it is showing the file as it should be. What I import into Dcad is much less...

It has some of the stuff but no walls..

With my inexperience, and the trouble of seeing it from there, can anyone possibly give me a clue on my misadventure in importing the dwg.

TIA p.

There's probably an xref in there that dcad can't import.

ah ... the plot thickens...
so an Xref would show up in the viewer and everything would look OK there, but the import would fail to import it. Correct?

I may be missing something but DataCAD doesn't import XREF's at all. I really wish it did so if there is a way please pass it along.

I know DataCAD can export XREF's that display correctly in ACAD, but not import.

Why can't DataCAD import DWG files with XREF's? ?

My guess is that it's not so much the xref as the viewports.

Bit's and pieces of a drawing are all strewn about and they are put together to look nice with view ports.

Kinda like our MSP.

Tony,

It seems that whenever this subject comes up, the company gets real quiet.

Tony,

It seems that whenever this subject comes up, the company gets real quiet.

Each XREF is a separate drawing file. In order to automatically import each separate drawing file, DataCAD would need to automaitcally create it's own new drawing files, locate the XREFs, and translate them. The process of translating a DWG file involves a lot of variables that require input from the user, so at this point we have not yet developed an automated system to do so.

Thank you for the info Mark!

Tony,

It seems that whenever this subject comes up, the company gets real quiet.

Each XREF is a separate drawing file. In order to automatically import each separate drawing file, DataCAD would need to automaitcally create it's own new drawing files, locate the XREFs, and translate them. The process of translating a DWG file involves a lot of variables that require input from the user, so at this point we have not yet developed an automated system to do so.

I wouldn't object to a prompt stating:

Drawing A contains an XREF of Drawing B. Create new drawing and import Drawing B? Yes No Maybe

Mark Tode wrote:

Each XREF is a separate drawing file. In order to automatically import each separate drawing file, DataCAD would need to automaitcally create it's own new drawing files, locate the XREFs, and translate them. The process of translating a DWG file involves a lot of variables that require input from the user, so at this point we have not yet developed an automated system to do so.

I'll have to lob in here the obvious "So how does AutoCAD do it?"

But then AutoCAD isn't doing it are they. We manage to make ours work for AutoCAD. Seems like a one-way street. Can anyone say "Restraint of Trade".