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   disclaimer: i have a very limited knowledge of autocad or civil3d. I received a .dwg file that was created in civil3d and an accompanying pdf. the drawing is plan and profile section of utilities below a city block. 
when i open the .dwg in Autocad2010, the entire drawing is screwy, labels and lines missing etc...what am i doing wrong here? is there some sort of conversion step i must take to get the dwg in autocad to "look the same" as the pdf?

thanks for bearing with my lack of user skills...have to start somewhere.

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choupique Members Profile Find Members Posts Newbie Joined: 12.Jun.2012 Location: United States Using: AutoCad 2010 Status: Offline Points: 1	Topic: opening .dwg in autocad 2010 created in civil3d Posted: 12.Jun.2012 at 18:41
	disclaimer: i have a very limited knowledge of autocad or civil3d. I received a .dwg file that was created in civil3d and an accompanying pdf. the drawing is plan and profile section of utilities below a city block. when i open the .dwg in Autocad2010, the entire drawing is screwy, labels and lines missing etc...what am i doing wrong here? is there some sort of conversion step i must take to get the dwg in autocad to "look the same" as the pdf? thanks for bearing with my lack of user skills...have to start somewhere.

John Connor Members Profile Find Members Posts Senior Member Joined: 01.Feb.2011 Location: United States Using: AutoCAD 2012 Status: Offline Points: 2211	Posted: 12.Jun.2012 at 19:08
	Maybe it is the fact that you are trying to go from an AutoDesk vertical product (Civil3D) to plain AutoCAD and certain features don't translate well. Do you receive any messages about object enablers? Edited by John Connor - 12.Jun.2012 at 19:09
	"Humans have a strength that cannot be measured. This is John Connor. If you are reading this, you are the resistance." <<AutoCAD 2011>>

heinsite Members Profile Find Members Posts Senior Member Joined: 05.Feb.2009 Location: United States Using: AutoCAD 2014 Status: Offline Points: 505	Posted: 12.Jun.2012 at 21:32
	It sounds like you may not have the Civil Object Enabler installed for your version of AutoCAD. Try that and see what happens. Dave.
	Dave Hein, P.E. Hawaii District Engineer Kona International Airport AutoCAD 2013 Certified Professional Autodesk Expert Elite

philippe JOSEPH Members Profile Find Members Posts Senior Member Joined: 14.Mar.2011 Location: France Using: AutoCAD Mechanical 2012 Status: Offline Points: 269	Posted: 13.Jun.2012 at 07:41
	Hello, it may not be applicable to your AutoCAD 2010 but just after openning your file, press the F2 button ( to see all the lines of your command line ) on your keyboard and read the ( error ) messages. Please tell us if and how you succeded to cope with your problems.
	Philippe JOSEPH

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