help!-Save back

graziella7393 · 1st Nov 2009, 10:59 pm

i use autocad2005 at my school and i had just about finshed a project then i got the "great idea" to get cad2010 on my comp at home and finish so when i get back 2 school i can plot.....well that was the stupidest idea of life!! because the project that i thouched isnt opening in school and i worked really hard on it and im gonna have a heart attack if i cant fix this...please help!!

kencaz · 1st Nov 2009, 11:09 pm

Try saving back to 2004 DWG format.

KC

Tankman · 2nd Nov 2009, 01:01 am

Quote:

Originally Posted by kencaz

Try saving back to 2004 DWG format.

KC

Or, save to version 2000, my clients always want *.dwg files in AutoCAD version 2000. Easy enough to open in any future AutoCAD release!

2005 is also an excellent release, I have '05 installed on my four Thinkpad™ laptops, 2007 is installed on our workstations however, we always save to AutoCAD 2000.

ReMark · 2nd Nov 2009, 11:55 am

To avoid this happening in the future go to Tools > Options > Open and Save tab. Look in the upper left-hand corner under File Save. See where it says Save as? Change this to AutoCAD 2004 / LT 2004 Drawing (*.dwg). Then click the OK button at the bottom of the Options window. Now you'll be able to open any drawing you save at home using 2010 on your school computer. Keep this setting until you finish school. Only change it if you school upgrades to a newer release of AutoCAD.

Galingula · 2nd Nov 2009, 03:08 pm

Your quick fix is to plot to a PDF at home and the plot the PDF on the school plotter

Glen Smith · 2nd Nov 2009, 03:31 pm

And if your instructor could not explain how to do this, be very careful about accepting anything else that they teach you.

Glen

SPARKY77 · 2nd Nov 2009, 04:16 pm

If you need to do it today you could download true view on the school computer which will let you open the drawing and print it.

ReMark · 2nd Nov 2009, 04:21 pm

Does TrueView support 2010?

JD Mather · 2nd Nov 2009, 04:21 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by Glen Smith

And if your instructor could not explain how to do this, be very careful about accepting anything else that they teach you.

Glen

You would be astonished (or maybe not) at how many times this question comes up on the edcommunity forum posed by instructors.

SPARKY77 · 2nd Nov 2009, 04:38 pm

Quote:

Does TrueView support 2010?

I think it does support 2010

1st Nov 2009, 10:59 pm	#1
graziella7393 Forum Newbie Using: AutoCAD 2005 Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 2	help!-Save back i use autocad2005 at my school and i had just about finshed a project then i got the "great idea" to get cad2010 on my comp at home and finish so when i get back 2 school i can plot.....well that was the stupidest idea of life!! because the project that i thouched isnt opening in school and i worked really hard on it and im gonna have a heart attack if i cant fix this...please help!!

1st Nov 2009, 11:09 pm	#2
kencaz Senior Member Using: AutoCAD 2010 Computer Details Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Northridge, CA USA Posts: 137	Try saving back to 2004 DWG format. KC
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2nd Nov 2009, 11:55 am	#4
ReMark Quantum Mechanic Using: AutoCAD 2009 Computer Details Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Norwalk, CT USofA Posts: 10,833	To avoid this happening in the future go to Tools > Options > Open and Save tab. Look in the upper left-hand corner under File Save. See where it says Save as? Change this to AutoCAD 2004 / LT 2004 Drawing (*.dwg). Then click the OK button at the bottom of the Options window. Now you'll be able to open any drawing you save at home using 2010 on your school computer. Keep this setting until you finish school. Only change it if you school upgrades to a newer release of AutoCAD.
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2nd Nov 2009, 03:08 pm	#5
Galingula Senior Member Using: Architectural DT not applicable Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: is everything Posts: 440	Your quick fix is to plot to a PDF at home and the plot the PDF on the school plotter

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Glen Smith Senior Member Using: Electrical 2010 Computer Details Join Date: May 2008 Location: Cary, NC Posts: 238	And if your instructor could not explain how to do this, be very careful about accepting anything else that they teach you. Glen
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2nd Nov 2009, 04:16 pm	#7
SPARKY77 Full Member Using: AutoCAD 2010 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Berkshire Posts: 59	If you need to do it today you could download true view on the school computer which will let you open the drawing and print it.

2nd Nov 2009, 04:21 pm	#8
ReMark Quantum Mechanic Using: AutoCAD 2009 Computer Details Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Norwalk, CT USofA Posts: 10,833	Does TrueView support 2010?
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