Autodesk Impression

[#1]

I am attempting to import an autocad drawing into impression.  I have applied the Windows 7 hotfix so the program doesnt crash when attempting to import, it just attempts the import, gets to a certain percentage, and then gives me the error.  I have tried the import on a drawing that worked before upgrading to Windows 7 and same error.  I have attempted to adjust all my import settings as well.  This did not work either.  The only thing that seems to work is if i detach all my xrefs.  any ideas?

[#2]

Try saving the file as a completely different file name...ie. 1.dwg...it worked on mine...i think it gets confused if you use the same file name multiple times.

[#3]

I'm having the same issue with AutoCAD Architecture 2008, Impression 3 and Windows 7.

Renaming the files doesn't solve the problem...

If I create a new file and draw lines, arcs, polylines... and import it into Impression, OK... but if I insert a single block, the import doesn't work anymore...

[#4]

The only way I was able to get it to work was by importing on an xp machine.  Once I had it imported, I was then able to open it up on a W7 PC.  Not that this helps you, but it was the only workaround I had.

[#5]

Hi everyone,

I've been battling with the same issue - "file is invalid" when trying to import it in Impression and I think I might have found at least one reason for which it comes up (at least in my case). After a lot of trial and error testing - exploding blocks, moving them on different layers, changing the layer names, merging layers - I narrowed it down to the color of one layer - it wasn't in one of the 255 classic Autocad colors, but in true color. Once I changed that to the basic Acad index color it worked like a charm.

Hope it helps someone,

I'm using W7 64bit and the export came from Acad 2010

Take care,

Tudor

[#6]

That's It! Worked here with "Classic" colors... creating a new .std file right now to convert my drawings!

Thank's

[#7]

Other than the 'fix' below (which doesn't seem to work for me), has anyone found a consistent way to import drawings into Impression 3 on 64bit Windows 7?

Seems ridiculous that with a brand new top-spec machine in our office, I'm still having to turn to others to load drawings before I can access them!

I've tried resetting layer colours as suggested to no avail. Even if it did work for me, its creating a lot of un-necessary workload.

Any patch forthcoming from AutoDesk to fix this issue?

[#8]

I have the same Problem with Impression 3 importing dwg files from Autocad. Neither color nor rxref trick work here.

Win 7 / 64 Bit / ACAD 2010 / Impression 3 / patch applied.

Best regards.

[#9]

If its any use, the only advice AutoDesk could offer me via a support ticket request was to save the drawing as a DWF, then import that into Impression.

It works - not ideal - but it work.

[#10]

Thanks for your reply, I will try with dwf.

Best regards

Alexander Ziegler