Our client send us a DWG file, when I open it using our company's AutoCad
>2002 software (Full version, not the LT version), it shows an error message
>"Drawing file was created by an incompatible version"
>
>Hence, I suppose that this DWG file was created by some very old AutoCad
>software, hence I bring it home, and try to open it using my old AutoCad R14
>software, again unsuccesful, it show the same error message.
>
>Questions:-
>(1) Why formal AutoCad software (As new as Version 2002, and as old as R14)
>cannot open files with DWG extension ???
>
>(2) Could someone out in this newsgroup be kind enough to do the conversion
>job for me, so as to convert this DWG file into something that our existing
>AutoCad software can handle. (I can email such DWG file softcopy (Only
>approx 120KB) to those one who can help me).
>
>Thanks in advance.
You've got a Autocad 2004 file there which is a brand new dwg type with compression and security features.
********************************************************************* In Life: You spill your cereal at breakfast, you get fired from your job, your dog dies, and your house burns down. Computer Equivalent: Virus Detected.
In Life: You've finished a 900 page novel. Your life's work. You will be a famous author world-wide; but then, it falls into the lit fireplace. Computer Equivalent: Quitting without saving.
In Life: A solution to all problems is found. World peace is achieved, all conflicts end, and everyone is happy. Computer Equivalent: Ctrl+Alt+Del
---Jackal