Save As Ver 14

[Kay]

We're using AutoCAD 2000. Recently we emailed some dwgs to a vendor
who has Ver 14. They couldn't open the files. They suggested that we
save our dwg's as Ver 14. Would anyone have any ideas about this? Is
it normal for a dwg created in Ver 2000 to not open in Ver 14? Is it
possible to save a Ver 2000 dwg in Ver 14 format? Any ideas and
comments on this will be greatly appreciated. Thanks, K.

[Smackypete]

R12/R13 cannot open R14 drawings
R14 cannot open R2000/2000i/2002 drawings
R2000/2000i/2000 cannot open R2004 drawings
etc, etc.

But R2004 can open any version (or at least back to Ver2.6)

File | SaveAs | Choose R14 format on the bottom of the SaveAs dialog.


"Kay" <kthr33@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:edf598a6.0307031451.6ffe3b@posting.google.com... We're using AutoCAD 2000. Recently we emailed some dwgs to a vendor who has Ver 14. They couldn't open the files. They suggested that we save our dwg's as Ver 14. Would anyone have any ideas about this? Is it normal for a dwg created in Ver 2000 to not open in Ver 14? Is it possible to save a Ver 2000 dwg in Ver 14 format? Any ideas and comments on this will be greatly appreciated. Thanks, K.

[Paul Turvill]

It's normal. That's why Autodesk provided the option to SaveAs R14.
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"Kay" <kthr33@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:edf598a6.0307031451.6ffe3b@posting.google.com... We're using AutoCAD 2000. Recently we emailed some dwgs to a vendor who has Ver 14. They couldn't open the files. They suggested that we save our dwg's as Ver 14. Would anyone have any ideas about this? Is it normal for a dwg created in Ver 2000 to not open in Ver 14? Is it possible to save a Ver 2000 dwg in Ver 14 format? Any ideas and comments on this will be greatly appreciated. Thanks, K.

[Kay]

"Paul Turvill" <nospam@turvill.com> wrote in message news:<vg9opunfo9k649@corp.supernews.com>... It's normal. That's why Autodesk provided the option to SaveAs R14. ___ "Kay" <kthr33@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:edf598a6.0307031451.6ffe3b@posting.google.com... We're using AutoCAD 2000. Recently we emailed some dwgs to a vendor who has Ver 14. They couldn't open the files. They suggested that we save our dwg's as Ver 14. Would anyone have any ideas about this? Is it normal for a dwg created in Ver 2000 to not open in Ver 14? Is it possible to save a Ver 2000 dwg in Ver 14 format? Any ideas and comments on this will be greatly appreciated. Thanks, K.

Smacky, Paul...You guys are great. Obviously we're not very
adventureous around here. We never even thought of investigating the
menus in the Save As window till after reading your replies. Couldn't
have done it without you. Thanks, K.

[joseph thornwall]

Kay wrote: We're using AutoCAD 2000. Recently we emailed some dwgs to a vendor who has Ver 14. They couldn't open the files. They suggested that we save our dwg's as Ver 14. Would anyone have any ideas about this? Is it normal for a dwg created in Ver 2000 to not open in Ver 14? Is it possible to save a Ver 2000 dwg in Ver 14 format? Any ideas and comments on this will be greatly appreciated. Thanks, K.

Try this program to create scripts for batch processing:

http://home.earthlink.net/~strimple/home3.html

Joe

[gruhn]

> it normal for a dwg created in Ver 2000 to not open in Ver 14?

It is ubiquitous for programs to not recognize file formats from the future.
"Forward compatibility" is rare.
Is it possible to save a Ver 2000 dwg in Ver 14 format?

Yes.

[Jon Thomas]

joseph thornwall wrote: Kay wrote:We're using AutoCAD 2000. Recently we emailed some dwgs to a vendorwho has Ver 14. They couldn't open the files. They suggested that wesave our dwg's as Ver 14. Would anyone have any ideas about this? Isit normal for a dwg created in Ver 2000 to not open in Ver 14? Is itpossible to save a Ver 2000 dwg in Ver 14 format? Any ideas andcomments on this will be greatly appreciated. Thanks, K. Try this program to create scripts for batch processing: http://home.earthlink.net/~strimple/home3.html Joe


If I remember correctly, you can save a drawing in R14 format when you
name it on the initial save, under the drawing name in the "Save As"
dialog box, hit the drop down button, it should list the types and
versions formats that are available, i.e. Autocad 2000 .DWG, Autocad
2000 .DXF, Autocad R14 .DWG.
Hope this is helpful. You can also set your default version save in
the Options dialogs.