aslan_thr Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 (edited) hi, when i go to the open file menu in autocad 2012, and i click on the dwg file, there is a thumbnail picture in the small preview area, but when i click open, it brings up the error message : invalid file name. i have searched this from and i have tried recovery, importing it to another program, inserting it to new dwg, all with no avail ! so i attached the file, maybe some one could help me. thank you. Here it is : bath02.dwg Edited February 14, 2013 by aslan_thr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 I tried with AutoCAD and with DraftSight and neither were successful. If you had a drawing at one time it's no longer the case. Delete the file from your hard drive and start over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aslan_thr Posted February 15, 2013 Author Share Posted February 15, 2013 I tried with AutoCAD and with DraftSight and neither were successful. If you had a drawing at one time it's no longer the case. Delete the file from your hard drive and start over. thank you, so this is a dead file i think.. my bad, the only copy I had ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 Was there a BAK file made at any point? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEXTMARCUS Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 i tried to open with microstation,and all cad programs i have here. i receive this mensege when i try to open with microstation: note:i changed the file name to "Folha" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aslan_thr Posted February 15, 2013 Author Share Posted February 15, 2013 Was there a BAK file made at any point? yup, there is actually one, I renamed the .bak to .dwg and opened it, but it was empty, though the file size was 150 kb ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 I think it is time to start the drawing over. I'd also review how this happened in the first place and try to prevent a repeat in the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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