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Edited by xrayrays - 25.Apr.2012 at 11:34

i can't open autocad higher than 2004, i download it and cannot be open in autocad 2004.

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

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.

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?