DWG to PCADD

[Jeff H]

I'm using latest PC & WT (as far as I know) on an intel MacBook Pro with 4 GB of RAM. I received a DWG file from another engineer to do some work on. The file is 500 kB.
When I try to open it in PC it freezes every time. I don't get to the first window, no chance to change any options. I sent it to ESW yesterday, but haven't heard anything back.
Does anyone have any up-to-date suggestions?
Thanks,

Jeff H
Naples, FL

MacBook Pro, 4 GB ram
OSX 10.7.3, PC 9.1.1, WT 10.1.1

[ftribel]

Download the free software DRAFTSIGHT, open the file with it, clean the file if necessary then save as and open it with powercadd

[Jeff H]

ftribel,
Wowser! (A useful term I learned from my daughter.) That (Draftsight) worked perfectly as far as I can see now. I'm not sure what you meant by cleaning the file, but it opened right up in PC after saving.
Thanks very much,

JeffH

[Jeff H]

Well, I guess I spoke too soon. Draftsight opened the DWG file fine. I was able to save it as new DWG file without difficulty. The new DWG file opened as expected in the PC translator. But I was only able to save model space components as a PC file. The complete drawing continues to crash PC.
I still don't know what is the matter. I tried saving as an older DWG format without help.
Again, andy suggestions greatly appreciated.

Jeff H
Naples, FL

[Jeffrey Jakucyk]

I noticed something like this too. I made a version 2000 DWG from GIS data in Adobe Illustrator (originally printed to a PDF from the GIS software). The file was fairly large, like 50MB, and it would crash PowerCADD 8. However, it would open just fine in PowerCADD 6. I audited the DWG file in AutoCAD 2012 and it didn't find any errors or other problems. I must admit I'm a bit puzzled and disappointed.

[Alfred Scott]

In addition to looking at the crash logs, you can also have the Console window open and you can often find things written out that can give you a clue as to what is going wrong.

Alfred

[jcarcht]

I found that correcting some of the text problem while in Draftsight enabled me to open the DWG with little trouble.

Also, Draftsight enables me to save the DWG to a format that is earlier than 2010. That further helps matters.

[Kabanga]

when i export from rhino to dwg, in 4 or 5, my blocks lose their link between instances. I thought it was possible to keep this intact. Can anyone help?