HELP when i open the .dwg files i see nothing.

[daveandannie]

Help please.

 

I have three drawings whiich i can email from my email address doablerenewableltd@gmail.com.

WHen i open them in autocad 2012 they are blank.

 

i have tried viewing from extremes.

i have tried thawing and unhiding layers.

 

please can anyone advise the problem

 

thanks

 

dave

[Jack_O'neill]

is it possible that they are simply blank?

 

Posting your email address is of course your choice, but if I were you, i'd take it back off before the spammers get hold of it and start loading up your inbox.

[daveandannie]

thanks it is so that people can quickly email me and i can send them the files to see if they are blank.

 

the files come up with previews which match what i would expect. The files are also of different sizes ie. 250 mb 650 mb and 195mb.

 

so i suspect theres something there but my new version of auto cad is probably set up wrong.

[ReMark]

And it is possible the drawing is blank too. The preview is just a bitmap image.

 

Try zipping one of the drawings and uploading it here. You'll get a quicker response.

[eldon]

Is it possible that there is a rogue line, zillions of units away from the main drawing? When you zoom extents, take a distance across the visible screen, and see whether that is reasonable, or rather large

[Jack_O'neill]

Do an erase, all, then pause and see on the command line if how many objects it finds.

[fuccaro]

... or just double-click in the drawing area -that's the same as Zoom to extents. Also the layers can be turned off.

[Dana W]

Hmmmm. Seen the thread about ProSteel?