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Re: Can anyone tell me why I cant open this dwg in 2009?
« Reply #15 on: September 02, 2014, 03:02:05 PM »
yeah I noticed that and detached it but still no joy.
I will try your version as well though.

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Re: Can anyone tell me why I cant open this dwg in 2009?
« Reply #16 on: September 02, 2014, 03:09:01 PM »
Not that I know of.

It's easy enough to figure out. Select all and check the list in the properties box drop down.
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Re: Can anyone tell me why I cant open this dwg in 2009?
« Reply #17 on: September 02, 2014, 03:18:19 PM »
The file in your first post has already been saved down to an earlier version, correct?

If so, open the file in 2014 and save as version 2013. Close it, re-open it, and start your conversion from there.
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Re: Can anyone tell me why I cant open this dwg in 2009?
« Reply #18 on: September 02, 2014, 03:21:05 PM »
Were you able to open the DWG I converted??

If the file has already been saved down, your conversion still won't work.
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Re: Can anyone tell me why I cant open this dwg in 2009?
« Reply #19 on: September 02, 2014, 03:24:58 PM »
OK, ill give that a go.
No proxies, there was an ole from xls which I have removed.
Bloody el, that's done it, removing the ole object has done the trick, cant believe it...
Thanks for your helpful advise, if I hadn't gone into the properties I wouldn't have noticed the ole object.  :-) :-) :-)
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Re: Can anyone tell me why I cant open this dwg in 2009?
« Reply #20 on: September 02, 2014, 03:46:53 PM »
Were you able to open the DWG I converted??

If the file has already been saved down, your conversion still won't work.
SAVE AS and AECTOACAD are two different commands.  Save As does just that.... saves the current drawing as a different version.  AECTOACAD strips all of the AEC info from the drawing and converts it to basic AutoCAD entities.


I noticed the OLE object but didn't give it much thought since it wasn't linked to an external file and you could see it whereas with the PDF you couldn't see it.  stupid OLE objects...   *shakes fist at the OLE gods*
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Re: Can anyone tell me why I cant open this dwg in 2009?
« Reply #21 on: September 02, 2014, 05:22:34 PM »
SAVE AS and AECTOACAD are two different commands.  Save As does just that.... saves the current drawing as a different version.  AECTOACAD strips all of the AEC info from the drawing and converts it to basic AutoCAD entities.

I agree but if the file has already been "Saved As" a previous version, exporting it won't work. It needs to be done with an AutoCAD that recognizes the new features that may be contained in the originating file format, whether or not they were used. This is something that really bugs me about even being able to "save as" previous versions. Exporting using the two commands mentioned (or MEP has an option to export using the application menu) should be the only available ways to "save back" to previous formats.
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Re: Can anyone tell me why I cant open this dwg in 2009?
« Reply #22 on: September 02, 2014, 05:24:08 PM »
I noticed the OLE object but didn't give it much thought since it wasn't linked to an external file and you could see it whereas with the PDF you couldn't see it.  stupid OLE objects...   *shakes fist at the OLE gods*

I avoid them like the plague. Too many wierd issues pop up at the most inopportune times.
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