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mojankie
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 Posted: Tue May 19, 2009 1:35 pm Post subject: AUTOCAD to MACDRAFT 5x |
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| Can someone walk me through the process of importing an autocad drawing into macdraft? I follow the information provided from macdraft and somehow I am not successful. Thank you |
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John Cruet
Joined: 30 Apr 2004
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Location: Guilford, CT
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| Posted: Fri May 29, 2009 6:07 am Post subject: |
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1. Make sure MacDraft can import DWG's. DWG is the native format for AutoCad.
2. Make certain that the DWG file is of a nature that MacDraft can import. If your version of MacDraft was issued, for example, in 2007, it will not be able to import files made by AutoCad 2007 or later. In this case, you will have to have the supplier of the file save the document in an earlier version of AutoCad.
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John Cruet
G4/733 w/1028 mb RAM & OS 10.4.10, Classic-free, skuzzy-free (runs PC7)
MacBook Pro 2G Intel core duo 2 gig RAM & OS 10.5.4.
PowerCadd 8, WT 9
Canon iP710 printer
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F700ES
Joined: 23 Apr 2004
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Location: North Carolina
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| Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2009 12:55 pm Post subject: |
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| If it is a newer DWG file and they have a way to install and run a Window's program they can download and install the free AutoCAD viewer AutoDesk Trueview which can also open a dwg and save back to any version. Worth a try. |
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John Cruet
Joined: 30 Apr 2004
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| Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2009 2:32 pm Post subject: |
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| F700ES wrote: | | If it is a newer DWG file and they have a way to install and run a Window's program they can download and install the free AutoCAD viewer AutoDesk Trueview which can also open a dwg and save back to any version. Worth a try. |
Thanks for the hint- I'm going to try TrueView in my Windows partition.
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John Cruet
G4/733 w/1028 mb RAM & OS 10.4.10, Classic-free, skuzzy-free (runs PC7)
MacBook Pro 2G Intel core duo 2 gig RAM & OS 10.5.4.
PowerCadd 8, WT 9
Canon iP710 printer
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F700ES
Joined: 23 Apr 2004
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Location: North Carolina
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| Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2009 12:12 pm Post subject: |
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It's not too bad for a viewer/converter. I tell my outside users about it when I get tired of saving back to '04 format for them  |
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