Very frustrated with trying to save a dwg as a dxf.

[myself123]

I remember changing .dxf into .dwg without any issues.

Not tried changing it back the other way.

Simple method I tried (using older versions), was just to change the extension - right click and rename the .dwg bit to .dxf

Let me know...

[bill_borec]

Myself, that won't work...just changing the file extension will not result in an operable file...you can't change a .doc to a .pdf just by changing the file extension. You need to convert it to the new file format. In this case, there is a conversion to take place. The drawing needs to be simplified to make it backward compatible (e.g. MTEXT, dynamic blocks, TTF, etc.).

[ReMark]

Object enablers? What other program(AutoCAD vertical) provided content used in this drawing?

[Jack_O'neill]

Myself, that won't work...just changing the file extension will not result in an operable file...you can't change a .doc to a .pdf just by changing the file extension. You need to convert it to the new file format. In this case, there is a conversion to take place. The drawing needs to be simplified to make it backward compatible (e.g. MTEXT, dynamic blocks, TTF, etc.).

That that is correct. Renaming only works for a .bak file that was created by Autocad. If you need to recover a damaged or lost drawing, you can look for a file with the same name with the .bak extension, change it a .dwg extension and Autocad will open the file. You can not simply change a dwg to dxf...they are two completely different file formats. The dxf is an ascii (or sometimes binary) format that can be used by other cad and graphics programs to exchange files before others had emulated the dwg format.

[Murph_map]

Download TruView from Autodesk and save it, then DXF out.

[Treehugger]

Try -exporttoautocad (note the - in front).

I get the same error message if I try this.

[Jack_O'neill]

Download TruView from Autodesk and save it, then DXF out.

That works, but not any better than using Autocad. It's the same saveas engine. If you have the new drawing objects discussed earlier in the drawing, Trueview won't convert them any better than Autocad will.

[SLW210]

Can you post the .dwg file?

[eldon]

Have you tried AECOBJEXPLODE before trying to save as DXF?

[Treehugger]

You'll have to dumb down the fonts as the others suggested especially if you are going to the R12 DOS version. R12 for windows supported true type fonts after a fashion, but it didn't do it very well. If you've used any mleaders, they will have to be changed to leaders. Explode any dynamic blocks, as they will not be supported either. There's more stuff to change, but I can't recall it right off the top of my head. A lot of the drawing objects in use today are not backward compatible.

Hmmm. yeah I am not sure where to start with this. I dont know how to do this stuff...........sorry.
Thanks for the response though.