Topic: CAD version without opening the drawing?

[vinnyg]

Hi,

I'm not new to acad, but I wasn't sure where to put this. I get drawings from
consultants and periodically, I can't open them even after I ask that they save to
the version I use. The question I have is there anyway I can find out exactly
what version they send me without opening the drawing (since I can't)?

vinnyg


Changed Subject Title: CAB

[M-dub]

What is the error message you receive?

[MP]

Pick your flavour --

Visual LISP.

Visual BASIC.

[Dent Cermak]

Better yet, download this FREE software and don't worry about it.

http://www.dwggateway.com/pages/products/

Opens ALL versions of Autocad and makes good pdf files too.

[vinnyg]

Thanks everyone for your help/suggestions.

M-dub

Message is:  drawing incompatible (or something similar)

Thanks again

vinnyg

[M-dub]

I was just confirming that compatibility was in fact the issue.

Guess it was

[vinnyg]

Dent,

I downloaded the free application you posted, but for some reason, it
will not work.......any ideas why?

thanks,

vinnyg

[ronjonp]

You can open the drawing in Notepad and the first line will give you the drawing version.

It will read AC1*...the number corresponds to thae version (refer to MP's post for what the numbers mean).

I use DWGIcon....for an easy visual indicator of DWG version.
http://www.cushat.co.uk/fw/di/

Ron

[Tramber]

Brilliant

Another link to a prog made y a friend of mine.
A very good and simple utility

There also is a single document versionhere.

[Andrea]

You can open the drawing in Notepad and the first line will give you the drawing version.

It will read AC1*...the number corresponds to thae version (refer to MP's post for what the numbers mean).

I use DWGIcon....for an easy visual indicator of DWG version.
http://www.cushat.co.uk/fw/di/

Ron

Hi Ron...

After installing this program...
I have rebooted my PC...
and now each time than I reboot...
I have this error message...

so I have uninstall the progam....clean my registry with some cleaner program,...execute spybot and adaware.
but not seem to resolved the problem.

[ronjonp]

Andrea,

That's strange...I've been using this utility for nearly 2 years now with no problems. I would suggest emailing the author. His address is in the readme.txt file.

Ron

[Dent Cermak]

Dent,

I downloaded the free application you posted, but for some reason, it
will not work.......any ideas why?

thanks,

vinnyg

Mine works just fine. I don't know what the problem may be. Try downloading it again. Maybe there was a "burp" during the first download.

[Tramber]

If you got any problem, try mine, it is terribly efficient.

[vinnyg]

DENT,

I was doing something wrong at first try, works fine now.

Thanks for the tip.

vinnyg

[Dent Cermak]

I'm glad it finally worked for you. I really like thatb program. You will find that it makes really good pdf's too.

[tedg]

Holy Thread Resurrection....
I tried the link to get to the program on this thread, and I get a UK Adidas shopping web page.
I tried several times, different ways.


Does anyone have a better link, or a better program or suggestion to find the version of AutoCAD while browsing though hundreds of .dwg files?


Thanks in advance.

[Lee Mac]

This function could be called by an appropriate program to query a set of drawings in a directory.

[rkmcswain]

You can open the drawing in Notepad and the first line will give you the drawing version.

That is what I always do.

AC1027 AutoCAD 2014
AC1027 AutoCAD 2013
AC1024 AutoCAD 2010/2011/2012
AC1021 AutoCAD 2007/2008/2009
AC1018 AutoCAD 2004/2005/2006
AC1015 AutoCAD 2000/2000i/2002
AC1014 Release 14
AC1012 Release 13
AC1009 Release 11/12
AC1006 Release 10
AC1004 Release 9
AC1003 Version 2.60
AC1002 Version 2.50
AC1001 Version 2.22
AC2.22 Version 2.22
AC2.21 Version 2.21
AC2.10 Version 2.10
AC1.50 Version 2.05
AC1.40 Version 1.40
AC1.2 Version 1.2
MC0.0 Version 1.0

(Partial copy from http://autodesk.blogs.com/between_the_lines/autocad-release-history.html )

[tedg]

Thanks guys.
RK, I saw this before (you had a post in AUGI too), very valuable, but trying to do this without "opening" the file(s).


Lee, I'll see what I can do with this, looks promising.


Thanks again.

[rkmcswain]

RK, I saw this before (you had a post in AUGI too), very valuable, but trying to do this without "opening" the file(s).

Apologies. I thought you meant "open" using CAD.
I didn't realize you meant every kind of "open"
 

[tedg]

RK, I saw this before (you had a post in AUGI too), very valuable, but trying to do this without "opening" the file(s).

Apologies. I thought you meant "open" using CAD.
I didn't realize you meant every kind of "open"
 

LOL, no problem.
The problem I'm trying to help with is we have like 400+ dwg files, and some (we're told) are version 2007 (which they're not supposed to be) and we want to browse them and find out what version they are.


I guess opening them in notepad is not much different then finding properties on them.


Lee's link is helpful, but I don't quite know what to do with it, a bit over my head.


The program mentioned in this thread seemed promising for browsing to the files and seeing what version they are.

[tedg]

Update...
I've been told there is an windows explorer add-on that will show the file version as one of the options that can be shown.
I don't know what it is yet, but I saw the results on someones's screen.


I'll keep you posted.

[PHX cadie]

Update...
I've been told there is an windows explorer add-on that will show the file version as one of the options that can be shown.
.........
I'll keep you posted.

Pls do, that would be cool

[hugha]

The problem I'm trying to help with is we have like 400+ dwg files, and some (we're told) are version 2007 (which they're not supposed to be) and we want to browse them and find out what version they are.

http://www.mythicsoft.com/filelocatorlite


This is a brilliant product.  Their Pro version has even more flexibility:

http://www.mythicsoft.com/filelocatorlite/features

basically once you've set a set of search trees and filename masks and optionally a search string just hit start and wait a little. You'll have your list within minutes of installation (within seconds with practice, once your MRUs get populated).

You can then open the files directly off the found list or explore the containing directory ...

I use the Lite version constantly checking file dates to monitor workflow. Did I say I think it's brilliant?

hth

Hugh

[tedg]

Update...
I've been told there is an windows explorer add-on that will show the file version as one of the options that can be shown.
.........
I'll keep you posted.

Pls do, that would be cool

This is what I was referring to, it is an Autodesk exchange App.
You need an Autodesk account, and you can download a free trial version.
It gives you lots of options to show AutoCAD data in your explorer columns, I just chose "DWG version" but there's more.
https://apps.exchange.autodesk.com/ACD/Detail/Index?id=appstore.exchange.autodesk.com:dwgcolumnsforexplorerfree:en
Hope this helps someone, it did what I needed it to do.


PS, thanks to hugha for posting another option too.