Opening DXF files

[zokan]

I have auto-cad 2000i. I created a dxf file in Adobe Illustrator and when I try to open the DXF file with Auto-Cad I just get a blank screen. Is there a setting or something I need to change to see the image?

 

Thanks

[ReMark]

Is there an option in Illustrator to save the DXF file to a particular AutoCAD release or version such as R12 or 2000?

 

I'm assuming you just went to File > Open in AutoCAD to open the DXF file that was created right?

[zokan]

Illustrator gives the following option: Save as type: AutoCad Interchange File (*.DXF)

 

Yes I used File > Open in AutoCad to open the DXF file.

[rkmcswain]

Can you open the DXF file in notepad?

How large is the file?

[mdbdesign]

Did you try to change color of layer to more visual?

Or try to export to *.dwg?

What version of Illustrator?

[zokan]

If I open it in notepad I get: 0

SECTION

2

HEADER

9

$ACADVER

1

AC1018

9

$ACADMAINTVER

70

0

9

$DWGCODEPAGE

3

ASCII

9

$INSBASE

10

0.0

20

0.0

30

0.0

9

$EXTMIN

10

1.000000000000000E+20

20

1.000000000000000E+20

30

1.000000000000000E+20

9

$EXTMAX

10

-1.000000000000000E+20

20

-1.000000000000000E+20

30

-1.000000000000000E+20

9

$LIMMIN

 

plus more but it's all gibberish to me 8(

 

File is 80kb

 

tried *DWG but said it was not a compatible version

 

Illustrator CS3

[mdbdesign]

AC1018

need to upgrade your Autocad version to 2008

or export to 2000 from Illustrator ( not sure about export version )

Or use any converter to convert it to older version if export save in higher than 2000

[eldon]

Perhaps one solution is to install DwgTrueView, open up the DXF and convert down to 2000.

[zokan]

okay thanks I'll give that a try