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xrayrays 
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Posted: 25.Apr.2012 at 11:33 |
helo,
i'm new here in this forum,
i would like to ask that is there any program to convert the higher autocad to autocad 2004?
Edited by xrayrays - 25.Apr.2012 at 11:34
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Marcuel Gubaynon
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John Connor
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Posted: 25.Apr.2012 at 11:36 |
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Any version of AutoCAD later than 2004 has the ability to save a drawing to an AutoCAD 2004 file format be it DWG or DXF. You do not need a "converter".
Another option would be to use DWG TrueView which can be downloaded for free from the AutoDesk website.
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xrayrays
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Posted: 25.Apr.2012 at 11:37 |
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i can't open autocad higher than 2004, i download it and cannot be open in autocad 2004.
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Marcuel Gubaynon
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xrayrays
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Posted: 25.Apr.2012 at 12:12 |
it says:
Drawing file is not valid.
i downloaded the 2007 dwg and i open in 2004 version
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Marcuel Gubaynon
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John Connor
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Posted: 25.Apr.2012 at 12:18 |
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I guess I misunderstood your question. Yes, normally you should NOT be able to open drawings created with later releases. If I try to send you a drawing created using AutoCAD 2012 and saved to that file format you would not be able to open it. However, if I back save it to the 2004 file format then you would be able to open it.
DWG TrueView has a built in file conversion program. So using my previous example, if I sent you a drawing created with AutoCAD 2012 you could open it using DWG TrueView then convert it to AutoCAD 2004 file format.
Do you understand?
Edited by John Connor - 25.Apr.2012 at 12:19
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philippe JOSEPH
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Posted: 25.Apr.2012 at 13:09 |
The best for you Xray would be to buy the latest release of AutoCAD so that you could be able to open any file......
Or to ask a friend to do a "save as" directly in AutoCAD down to your AutoCAD 2004 release.
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John Connor
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Posted: 25.Apr.2012 at 14:25 |
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I doubt Xray has the money to upgrade otherwise he would have done so by now. The best solution is to download and use DWG TrueView to address release incompatibilities.
Xray:
Read this link then go get DWG TrueView 2013.
http://autodesk.blogs.com/between_the_lines/2012/04/autodesk-dwg-trueview-2013-available-for-free-download.html
One other option would be to abandon AutoCAD and move to one of the AutoCAD-clone programs such as IntelliCAD, Bricscad, ProgeCAD or ZwCAD. They read and write to the DWG file format and they are a fraction of the cost. These programs have much of the same functionality as AutoCAD too.
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xrayrays
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Posted: 25.Apr.2012 at 16:01 |
actually i can't upgrade to a higher version of autocad, coz my company in china they uses 2004 version.
That's y i used 2004 version.
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Marcuel Gubaynon
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John Connor
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Posted: 25.Apr.2012 at 18:06 |
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And that is why it is important to you to get DWG TrueView to avoid future problems such as this. Have you done so yet?
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xrayrays
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Posted: 26.Apr.2012 at 02:53 |
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i download the given link, and i install but there's no shorcut to open the application.
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Marcuel Gubaynon
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