Opening Power Cad drawings

[gfraser]

I have recieved drawings that were created in Power Cad. Some of the drawings opened without any problems, however a few will not open despite getting them re-sent numerous times.

 

I don't really know anything about powercad, does anyone have any suggestions? I already have the drawings in pdf format but am keen to open the dwg/dxf files with autocad for easier viewing.

 

Cheers for any assistance.

[ReMark]

PowerCADD 8 is a computer-aided design and drafting program developed for use on the Apple Macintosh platform. It supports DWG/DWF translation.

 

There is an Architosh forum for PowerCADD users here:

 

http://www.architosh.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=8

 

gfraser: How did you obtain the drawings? Can you ask the source to provide the drawings in DWG or DXF format?

[gfraser]

The drawings were sent by an architect and have been sent in dwg and dxf format - some of which had no errors at all but a few just wont open despite the drawings being recreated and re-issued to try and solve the problem.

[f700es]

There is also a forum at DesignCommunity -

http://www.designcommunity.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=3

I have a demo copy running on my OSX box at home but if they sent you the dwg and dxf files you should be OK. Now I do know that Macs will sometimes sent 2 files to PCs a resouce file and the actual file. I noticed this when I worked along a Mac user several years ago. Maybe these files that won't open are these files? Can you ask the sender how many fiels you should have gotten?

Good luck

 

Sean

[Tankman]

I had similar problems on occasion when receiving files that were saved to *.dwg AutoCad format, generated by the client using CadKey.

 

The problem originated on his end. Finally, he did it right.

Just about the time I gave up this client.

 

Most of my clients want drawings generated using AutoDesk's programs.