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[#1]

Hi all,

Here is a code snippet which is helping me save the file in acad 2000 format, it is working fine, I am facing one minor problem with this, the arrowheads of the dimension are not visible, but the dimensionstyle shows that the arrow head exists, and the whole dimension is one entity( I mean it is not exploded). any suggestions so that I can improve on this, I want the dwg to be saved in 2000 format only, whilst I am constructing it in 2011 through VB.Net.

' ' Start Code

Dim acDoc As Document = Autodesk.AutoCAD.ApplicationServices.Application.DocumentManager.MdiActiveDocument
Dim strDWGName As String = saveFileDia.FileName   ' Name and path extracted from SavefileDialog box
acDoc.Database.SaveAs(strDWGName, True, DwgVersion.AC1015, acDoc.Database.SecurityParameters)

' ' Ending of the Code

this is what I see in the drawing

** I tried changing the background color just to see that arrow has changed its color, but it is not the case

But on the same file if I do a dxfout(), then it is coming good I dont see this condition.

Please help me.

[#2 · Accepted solution]

Your problem is not the file format. but that annotative dimentioning isn't supported in 2000.

[#3]

Hey that was quick,

is this what I need to add

acAliDim.Annotative= AnnotativeStates.False

or

acAliDim.Annotative= AnnotativeStates.Notapplicable

?

Sorry I cant run autocad out of my Company so I am asking this question since you are available, please bear with, in fact I should have trid myself.

Thanks for the quickest help I have ever got. 

[#4]

Hi some how I got acces to autocad,

Sorry to say this I am not able to do it, I tried by the methods that I had hit me,

it is not working,

please help me.

[#5]

Post your Autocad file, the original and the saved as

Thanks

[#6]

Hi I have posted my files,

any success with that?

[#7]

hi please reply...

[#8]

The error you are seeing is not because of anything code related.
It has to do with the drawing failing validation.
This is a known problem. I've seen it since 2008

When a drawing is opened in AutoCAD it checks to see if the file was
last saved with an autodesk product.

The data required for this was not supported in 2000/2004.
The file should open just fine if you were using AutoCAD 2004.

However when you use a newer version then it will require the file to be recovered.

If you notice you can resave the file as a 2010 from the 2000 file in code and there are no issues with the file.

The only fix is to resave the file into the current version.