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John Connor 
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Joined: 01.Feb.2011 Location: United States Using: AutoCAD 2018 Status: Offline Points: 7175 |
 Posted: 01.Feb.2017 at 23:35 |
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No problem here opening the test drawing in Draftsight. Given your location I'd say the chances of the problem being a result of pirated software is a possibility.
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"Humans have a strength that cannot be measured. This is John Connor. If you are reading this, you are the resistance."
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Vladimir Michl
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Arkance Systems CZ Joined: 26.Jul.2007 Location: Czech Republic Using: Autodesk software Status: Offline Points: 2124 |
Posted: 02.Feb.2017 at 06:39 |
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Do you thunk the clones behave differently based on location :-) ?
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John Connor
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Joined: 01.Feb.2011 Location: United States Using: AutoCAD 2018 Status: Offline Points: 7175 |
Posted: 02.Feb.2017 at 11:31 |
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I think you're just being an alarmist because you have a relationship (i.e. - vested interest) with AutoDesk. You have to defend the company's software because your livelihood depends on it. Which also means you have to bad mouth anything else that's out there whether it is Draftsight, Bricscad or another CAD program. Those of us in the real world though have the duty to explore other possibilities and make recommendations based upon our experiences actually making a living doing cad work on a daily basis.
No, the clones aren't the problem as much as it is the shoddy practices of some of your clients who are probably using pirated software but they aren't going to tell you that. Who knows what kind of corruptions the use of the software may introduce into a drawing. As far as my personal experience goes I've used Draftsight from time to time to view and edit drawings originally created in AutoCAD and vice-versa. Other than the standard "warning" I get from AutoCAD about a drawing not being created with an AutoDesk product or not being "trusted" I have not encountered any problems. My recommendation to the OP was based solely upon what I perceived to be a sometime use of a cad program for minor work which begs the question "why spend $$$ that you don't have to for something that will sit unused for the majority of the time?" Yes, I know what your response will be: rent AutoCAD LT. That certainly would be an option but that isn't up to me, it's up to the OP. Edited by John Connor - 02.Feb.2017 at 11:45 |
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"Humans have a strength that cannot be measured. This is John Connor. If you are reading this, you are the resistance."
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Vladimir Michl
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Arkance Systems CZ Joined: 26.Jul.2007 Location: Czech Republic Using: Autodesk software Status: Offline Points: 2124 |
Posted: 02.Feb.2017 at 14:20 |
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Alarmist or not - everyone have to make its own experience. But it is not about claims and feelings - can you send me a PDF or other hi-res output of the latest Budweiser benchmark DWG opened in Draftsight?
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Robert_D
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Joined: 21.Oct.2013 Location: United States Using: BricsCAD v25, AutoCAD2006 Status: Offline Points: 208 |
Posted: 02.Feb.2017 at 14:22 |
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The OP hasn't responded...I think he got scared :)
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John Connor
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Joined: 01.Feb.2011 Location: United States Using: AutoCAD 2018 Status: Offline Points: 7175 |
Posted: 02.Feb.2017 at 17:03 |
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The budweiser drawing opened in Draftsight.
This is so ridiculous. The image size limitation is 150KB. The image file size I want to upload is 182KB. So I guess I'm not going to be able to show you the whole image. Edited by John Connor - 02.Feb.2017 at 17:07 |
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"Humans have a strength that cannot be measured. This is John Connor. If you are reading this, you are the resistance."
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John Connor
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Joined: 01.Feb.2011 Location: United States Using: AutoCAD 2018 Status: Offline Points: 7175 |
Posted: 02.Feb.2017 at 17:05 |
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Try again with a "smaller" image.
By the way, I ran AUDIT on your drawing; it had errors in it. 
Edited by John Connor - 02.Feb.2017 at 17:11 |
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"Humans have a strength that cannot be measured. This is John Connor. If you are reading this, you are the resistance."
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Vladimir Michl
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Arkance Systems CZ Joined: 26.Jul.2007 Location: Czech Republic Using: Autodesk software Status: Offline Points: 2124 |
Posted: 02.Feb.2017 at 17:32 |
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Upload sized up (can be also sent via cloud storage).
The latest version of BUDWEISER.DWG is in the DWG2013 format.
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Robert_D
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Joined: 21.Oct.2013 Location: United States Using: BricsCAD v25, AutoCAD2006 Status: Offline Points: 208 |
Posted: 02.Feb.2017 at 17:43 |
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uploads/413522/budweiser_Model.pdf
Bricscad v17 (Note re frame 24: Images are identical in model space. "Extra lines" only apparent in plotted output) Edited by Robert_D - 02.Feb.2017 at 18:08 |
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John Connor
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Joined: 01.Feb.2011 Location: United States Using: AutoCAD 2018 Status: Offline Points: 7175 |
Posted: 02.Feb.2017 at 17:47 |
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Ah, but you said to open the budweiser drawing and since you specifically have versions saved to different AutoCAD file formats I picked one that was compatible. Are you moving the finish line after I have completed the race? It doesn't matter. You asked me to provide an image of the drawing opened in Draftsight and I did. I completed the task. Case closed.
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