Save file in earlier version Autocad LT 2012

[Anonymous]

I am using Autocad LT 2012 on Windows XP at my office computer. I Save a file in an earlier version e.g. 2004 or 2007 and email to home computer, Autocad LT 2008 on Windows Vista. The file will not open. Message is that the file has been created by a later version. THis has not been my experience with earlier versions. Can you help please?

[pendean]

It works, so your file may contain AEC content: use -EXPORTTOAUTOCAD command (there is a dash in the name) instead of SAVEAS command.

[Luciane_Conceicao]

Hi,

Are you emailing using the red A > Publish > Email command or just using your regular email system (Outlook, etc.)?

If you are using the Email tool in AutoCAD, start the eTransmit command, create a new transmittal setup and set it to save as the desired file format. Then set this setup as current. Does this help?

Make sure you save the file in the desired version, then open it and see the history just to confirm that it is being saved OK.

Cheers,

Luciane

Luciane Conceição
Product Support Specialist
Autodesk, Inc.

[Anonymous]

Dear Luciane

I tried to follow your suggestion and think that I sent the correct saved file. The file remained a 2004 file in the history.

Unfortunately the same result on the home computer.

Regards

henry8910

[Luciane_Conceicao]

Hi Henry,

Do you get the same result if you send the drawing via Outlook, not using AutoCAD (that is, you save the file as 2004 DWG, open Outlook and attach the file to the email manually)?

Note that the version of the file sent via email from AutoCAD will be the one set in eTransmit (in AutoCAD LT 2012).

If the above does not help, please send the 2012 (2010) drawing, the 2004 drawing and the steps to reproduce.

Cheers,

Luciane

[Luciane_Conceicao]

Hi Henry,

Did you get any better results?

Cheers,

Luciane

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

Dear Luciane

Next attempt:

i           saved a file in 2004

ii         emailed home  by attaching to Outlook as before

iii        I saved the attached file to a location on the home computer

iv       at home this time  I opened Autocad LT 2008 first

v         I then opened the saved file

and BINGO!, it opened.

It may seem odd, but it would seem that opening the application first opened the door for the saved files. Before I had been opening the file straight away

Thanks for your assistance.

Regards

Henry8910

[Luciane_Conceicao]

Hi Henry,

Is it possible that the file was opening in an even older version of the product? It is odd indeed.

Anyway, thanks for the update, I am glad you can work at home.

Cheers,

Luciane