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Topic: converter
Posted By: xrayrays
Subject: converter
Date Posted: 25.Apr.2012 at 11:33
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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?
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Thanks,
Marcuel Gubaynon
Technical/Draftsman
Philippines
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Posted By: John Connor
Date Posted: 25.Apr.2012 at 11:36
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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Posted By: xrayrays
Date Posted: 25.Apr.2012 at 11:37
i can't open autocad higher than 2004, i download it and cannot be open in autocad 2004.
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Thanks,
Marcuel Gubaynon
Technical/Draftsman
Philippines
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Posted By: xrayrays
Date Posted: 25.Apr.2012 at 12:12
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it says:
Drawing file is not valid.
i downloaded the 2007 dwg and i open in 2004 version
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Thanks,
Marcuel Gubaynon
Technical/Draftsman
Philippines
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Posted By: John Connor
Date Posted: 25.Apr.2012 at 12:18
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?
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Posted By: philippe JOSEPH
Date Posted: 25.Apr.2012 at 13:09
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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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Posted By: John Connor
Date Posted: 25.Apr.2012 at 14:25
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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"Humans have a strength that cannot be measured. This is John Connor. If you are reading this, you are the resistance."
<<AutoCAD 2015>>
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Posted By: xrayrays
Date Posted: 25.Apr.2012 at 16:01
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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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Thanks,
Marcuel Gubaynon
Technical/Draftsman
Philippines
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Posted By: John Connor
Date Posted: 25.Apr.2012 at 18:06
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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Posted By: xrayrays
Date Posted: 26.Apr.2012 at 02:53
i download the given link, and i install but there's no shorcut to open the application.
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Thanks,
Marcuel Gubaynon
Technical/Draftsman
Philippines
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Posted By: heinsite
Date Posted: 26.Apr.2012 at 03:41
Then go to your Start Menu > All Programs > Autodesk and find the application icon for TrueView. When you do, right-click and drag drop copy it to your desktop. Now you'll be able to find it and run it.
Dave.
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Dave Hein, P.E.
Hawaii District Engineer
Kona International Airport
AutoCAD Certified Professional
Autodesk Expert Elite
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Posted By: xrayrays
Date Posted: 26.Apr.2012 at 05:01
I don't have the TrueView i only have Autodesk Express Viewer, and its extension is DWF not DWG
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Thanks,
Marcuel Gubaynon
Technical/Draftsman
Philippines
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Posted By: heinsite
Date Posted: 26.Apr.2012 at 05:16
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What is it about "go get TrueView and install it" you don't understand?
When you have that and still have questions, come back and ask them. We'll be more than willing to help. In the meantime you need to go back up above, re-read what we've suggested, and help yourself.
Dave.
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Dave Hein, P.E.
Hawaii District Engineer
Kona International Airport
AutoCAD Certified Professional
Autodesk Expert Elite
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Posted By: xrayrays
Date Posted: 26.Apr.2012 at 05:21
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i download the given link and install
http://autodesk.blogs.com/between_the_lines/2012/04/autodesk-dwg-trueview-2013-available-for-free-download.html
then i can't see any shortcut in my desktop, like you said
Start Menu > All Programs > Autodesk and find the application icon for TrueView.
i can't see the TrueView, i see only Autodesk Express Viewer, and its applicable for dwf extension not dwg.
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Thanks,
Marcuel Gubaynon
Technical/Draftsman
Philippines
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Posted By: heinsite
Date Posted: 26.Apr.2012 at 07:31
Are you certain that you went to the Autodesk website and downloaded a 32 or 64-bit version (in your native language) of DWG TrueView 2013? And then you executed the .EXE extraction setup file and went thru the full TrueView installation on your computer?
And after all of that you *do not* have a DWG TrueView icon on your desktop nor can see a TrueView folder in your Autodesk folder in All Programs?
I just did exactly everything described above and I have a new installation of TrueView on my computer, including the desktop icon and the folder in All Programs.
You did something wrong. Keep trying.
Dave.
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Dave Hein, P.E.
Hawaii District Engineer
Kona International Airport
AutoCAD Certified Professional
Autodesk Expert Elite
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Posted By: heinsite
Date Posted: 26.Apr.2012 at 07:37
Interesting side note for those of you who haven't installed any flavor of AutoCAD 2013 yet (my advice: DON'T... at least not for a while yet). TrueView 2013 gives you a preview of what Autodesk did to the command line. It "floats" now.
I'd never seen TrueView or needed to install it before, but the interface is very familiar.
Dave.
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Dave Hein, P.E.
Hawaii District Engineer
Kona International Airport
AutoCAD Certified Professional
Autodesk Expert Elite
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Posted By: xrayrays
Date Posted: 26.Apr.2012 at 07:50
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i tried 6x, the setup smoothly run, its takes 3-4 seconds the setup finish.
but there's no Trueview exe there.
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Thanks,
Marcuel Gubaynon
Technical/Draftsman
Philippines
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Posted By: Vladimir Michl
Date Posted: 26.Apr.2012 at 07:58
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You can directly download DWG Trueview 2013 (since March) here from our Download page:
http://www.cadforum.cz/cadforum_en/download.asp?cat=1 - http://www.cadforum.cz/cadforum_en/download.asp?cat=1
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Posted By: xrayrays
Date Posted: 26.Apr.2012 at 08:19
i try. i hope its works.
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Thanks,
Marcuel Gubaynon
Technical/Draftsman
Philippines
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