Saving to earlier version

Hi guys

I have a drawing in 2007 LT which I need to save all the way down to Autocad version 12 for another company to do some design on.

Can anyone tell me how to save it in the correct format so it can be opened by these guys?

Regards

Rob

Hi guys

 

I have a drawing in 2007 LT which I need to save all the way down to Autocad version 12 for another company to do some design on.

Can anyone tell me how to save it in the correct format so it can be opened by these guys?

 

Regards

Rob

File > Save As. In the drop down menu, it should have R12 format available.

The only 12 option I have is to save as a .dxf. Is that correct? R12/LT2 DXF?

Otherwise the only early options given are R14/LT98/LT97 .dwg

R12? Sounds like somebody needs to upgrade.

You could try DWG TrueView. It will convert to older versions, but I'm not sure how far back it will go. Check it out, it's free.

The only format available for R12 is DXF. There is no DWG option from within LT 2007 as you have discovered.

I actually meant R14 in my O.P. sorry.

I agree, R12 is well over 10 years old isn't it?

Cad64 - Yeah Id say. Its a government department, go figure.

So by saving it as a .dxf it wont solve my problem?

The only format available for R12 is DXF. There is no DWG option from within LT 2007 as you have discovered.

Please forgive my confusion guys, but am I correct in thinking that the versions as old as Version 12 can only be saved as a dxf file and thus I will Save As R12 dxf to solve my problem?

If your drawing contains any text, it may be omitted. The arrowheads for a leader will come through, but not the text. All linework ought to show up in one manner or another.

On R-12 all text was pen plotter styles. On R-14 the text was either Pen plotter or Raster (like Adobe Tru-type) depending upon how it is used.

To be safe, you may need to convert all of your text over to some Universal or Bi type.

Wm.