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Hi, I use AutoCAD 2008 LT for creating electrical drawings.
I have no problem with the program and have created many good quality drawings
for my customers. What Iâ€™m having a problem is when I receive a DWG from a architect
or try to use blocks from trusted web site that are created  in a more recent version of Acad. I downloaded
True View DWG from Autodesk to convert. When I download the program all my DWG
file will only open in the True View program and Iâ€™m not able to open any of the
file that were sent . Any help would be appreciated. 

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Gill39 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 10.Aug.2012 Location: Cayman Islands Using: AutoCAD 2007/ 2008LT Status: Offline Points: 7	Topic: True View Converter Posted: 12.Apr.2013 at 04:32
	Hi, I use AutoCAD 2008 LT for creating electrical drawings. I have no problem with the program and have created many good quality drawings for my customers. What Iâ€™m having a problem is when I receive a DWG from a architect or try to use blocks from trusted web site that are created in a more recent version of Acad. I downloaded True View DWG from Autodesk to convert. When I download the program all my DWG file will only open in the True View program and Iâ€™m not able to open any of the file that were sent . Any help would be appreciated.

CarlB Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 16.Oct.2009 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 321	Posted: 12.Apr.2013 at 04:40
	Sounds like you need to change a windows setting so Autocad lt is the default program for opening .dwg files. You also could right click on a dwg file, "open with" then select AC LT.

Gill39 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 10.Aug.2012 Location: Cayman Islands Using: AutoCAD 2007/ 2008LT Status: Offline Points: 7	Posted: 12.Apr.2013 at 17:54
	Hi, thank you for your reply. I should have mention that I have set AC 2008LT as the default program to open DWG, also when â€śopen withâ€ť AC LT, DWG file will only open in the True View program?

CarlB Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 16.Oct.2009 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 321	Posted: 12.Apr.2013 at 19:20
	Found these discussions: http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?104445-remove-Trueview-as-Default http://www.cadtutor.net/forum/archive/index.php/t-70162.html?s=9c13c69d407ba66f6476402de6ae557c Didn't read it all. Looks like one way is to not double-click on file name, rather start AutoCAD LT, then browse to file.

Gill39 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 10.Aug.2012 Location: Cayman Islands Using: AutoCAD 2007/ 2008LT Status: Offline Points: 7	Posted: 13.Apr.2013 at 03:14
	Hi, everything is working fine now; I just wish Auto Cad would create software that would be compatible with all versions instead of developing new software every year to make a profit. Thank you so much for all your time and effort I really appreciate all the help. Kind Regards Gill

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