Working on a school project, a group member sent me this autocad file, he uses 2008, i use 2006, but i had him save in in 2004 dwg format so i could use it.
i can't get it to open for the life of me. i've tried opening in acad, microstation, sketchup, with no avail. 'drawing file is not valid' comes up, even though a thumbnail preview of the drawing appears.
my guess is that your friend didn't save it down to '04 after all. this happens to me all the time since, because i'm overseeing everything only and not drawing much, i'm the only one in the office who doesn't yet rate a copy of '08.
how did you fix it?. i tried opening your file with 2004 and it gave me the same message so the file might gone.
i just learned this from the internet...if you open the file with notepad, the first letters will be an "ACxxxx" code that indicates what version it is saved in. it looks like your file was saved to 2004/2005/2006.
i thought autodesk made 2006 have the ability to read all dwg file versions including versions after it. or at least program their later versions so that they can be opened with older versions? that was one of the sales pitch i read.
not really a 'solution' per se, but i had the bloke send it over in .dxf format of all things (we tried every format dwg to no avail), then imported. scale went haywire, but after a bit of fiddling i got it okay..
Use the free* DWG TrueView™ to accurately view, plot, and publish authentic DWG™ and DWF™ files. And now, DWG TrueView incorporates all the functionality of DWG TrueConvert™. This means you can translate any AutoCAD® or AutoCAD-based drawing file for compatibility.
theres something wrong w the file, i downloaded it and tried to open w my 2008 but just get the invalid message.
trueconvert works surprisingly well otherwise.. not that im a big autodesk fan or anything...
For working out given trouble you may use present program. dwg recovery has many facilities which allowing recover crashed or lost dwg files after power failures, viruses.
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Autocad 2006 - Assistance Required ("Drawing File is Not Valid")
Hi there,
Working on a school project, a group member sent me this autocad file, he uses 2008, i use 2006, but i had him save in in 2004 dwg format so i could use it.
i can't get it to open for the life of me. i've tried opening in acad, microstation, sketchup, with no avail. 'drawing file is not valid' comes up, even though a thumbnail preview of the drawing appears.
can anybody help me out?
here is the yousendit download link
http://download.yousendit.com/A6606D3078691211
any help is MUCH appreciated. this is driving me crazy.
Solution found. Thanks!
my guess is that your friend didn't save it down to '04 after all. this happens to me all the time since, because i'm overseeing everything only and not drawing much, i'm the only one in the office who doesn't yet rate a copy of '08.
all these dwg file versions.... so annoying.
apparently, there will be another file type with the next release of autocad (2010).
poo
yeah, it's a joke. why change the formatting each release? it makes no sense.
i guess one more 'incentive' autodesk dangles to force upgrades to the latest release acad.
how did you fix it?. i tried opening your file with 2004 and it gave me the same message so the file might gone.
i just learned this from the internet...if you open the file with notepad, the first letters will be an "ACxxxx" code that indicates what version it is saved in. it looks like your file was saved to 2004/2005/2006.
i thought autodesk made 2006 have the ability to read all dwg file versions including versions after it. or at least program their later versions so that they can be opened with older versions? that was one of the sales pitch i read.
not really a 'solution' per se, but i had the bloke send it over in .dxf format of all things (we tried every format dwg to no avail), then imported. scale went haywire, but after a bit of fiddling i got it okay..
theres a simple trick that can take care of all your problems:
download dwg trueconvert from autodesk.
^^ im afraid not. i downloaded 2009 and the file still would not open..
try DWGtrueview
http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/index?id=6703438%26siteID=123112
Use the free* DWG TrueView™ to accurately view, plot, and publish authentic DWG™ and DWF™ files. And now, DWG TrueView incorporates all the functionality of DWG TrueConvert™. This means you can translate any AutoCAD® or AutoCAD-based drawing file for compatibility.
or try Rhinoceros or an IntelliCAD http://www.intellicad.org/members/products.php . (this is the whole reason Autodesk is loosing a lawsuit to the Open DWG alliance)
theres something wrong w the file, i downloaded it and tried to open w my 2008 but just get the invalid message.
trueconvert works surprisingly well otherwise.. not that im a big autodesk fan or anything...
sometimes when there is circular reference in the file due to many xrefs in the file ..it may be unable to open ..check ur xrefs
For working out given trouble you may use present program. dwg recovery has many facilities which allowing recover crashed or lost dwg files after power failures, viruses.
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