Saving Blocks that earlier versions can use

[bkuser]

Im currently using Autocad 2008 and am in the process of creating blocks for a friend who is using 2005, i have loads that need converting or writing so that they can be opened in 2005 and hopefully as a block can someone point me in the right dtrection please. cheers

[ReMark]

You will have to save them back to 2004 file format. I suppose you could batch process the whole ordeal via a script.

[nestly]

I have a lisp that's supposed to insert all dwg's in a directory into a single drawing as evenly spaced blocks. I've never used it as I already save my blocks in master drawings, but I tend to collect stuff like that.

 

After all the blocks are in one drawing just save that drawing as AutoCAD2004 format.

[Patrick Hughes]

Download a copy of Dwg Trueview - it's a free viewer from Autodesk. It contains a utility called Dwg TrueConvert that will load a list of dwg files and convert to many different versions.

[Jack_O'neill]

Go to tools, options, then click on the open and save tab. There should be a pulldown menu that will allow you to change your default save format. Then it will save as the older version automatically.

 

For the ones you've already done, you can write a script that will open and save each drawing in a directory. You can also have it purge, zoom extents, or anything else you'd like at the same time. There's probably a lisp routine floating around somewhere that will do that too.

[Jack_O'neill]

This link has a couple of different lisps. Word of advice: Make a copy of the directory you want to run this on before you run it, just in case it does something screwy.

 

http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?t=60673

[bkuser]

Thanks for all the replies i will give them all a go and let you know how i get on Thanks Again