I have AutoCAD 2012 Architecture. Our clients are sending me newer version files like may be 2013 or 2014 I could not open it from our autocad 2012 (the only option is to open from 360 cloud or autocadws I don't need this option) . Is ther any update for 2012 to open 2013 file format? I have serched but failed to obtain it.
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dean, does this mean an autocad 2016 drawing can not be saved down to an earlier version of CAD.
AutoCAD 2016 and AutoCAD Architecture 2016 have not yet been released; so far as I know, information about file format in that upcoming release has not been made public.
AutoCAD (not AutoCAD Architecture or other "vertical" products built on top of AutoCAD) has the ability to save back to prior releases. Even in "plain" AutoCAD, there are/can be issues if you save back far enough, where the target version does not have features that the newer version has (like annotative content, multi-leaders, etc.). AutoCAD Architecture has additional object types not found in plain AutoCAD (Walls, Doors, Windows, etc.). While you can use the AutoCAD SAVEAS command to save AutoCAD Architecture files back to a previous file format, you will find that when opening such a file, the presence of "future objects" will disable all of the AutoCAD Architecture features, making it impossible to edit or even add new Walls, Doors, etc.
Amongst releases that share the same AutoCAD file format (2004/2005/2006 use the 2004 format; 2007/2008/2009 use the 2007 format; 2010/2011/2012 use the 2010 format; 2013/2014/2015 use the 2013 format), files can generally be opened and edited in any of those releases. There are some features which may have issues even among releases using the same file format. For example, corner windows, introduced in the 2012 release, do not display properly in 2010 or 2011.
If the 2016 releases use the 2013 file format, then files saved in the 2016 release would be editable in 2013, 2014 and 2015. If a new file format is introduced, then files created or saved in the 2016 release would not be editable in previous releases.
have AutoCAD 2010 . Our clients are sending me newer version files like may be 2013 or 2014 I could not open it from our autocad 2010( the only option is to open from 360 cloud option) . but i can't open this file. because thi is above 10mb.How can solve this problem.
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Are you using AutoCAD, or AutoCAD Architecture?
If your client is sending you a file using the AutoCAD 2013 format (the format used by 2013-2017), you will not be able to open it in a 2010 AutoCAD or AutoCAD vertical product. If you cannot ask the client to save the file back to the AutoCAD 2010 format, you could try downloading and installing DWG TrueView from the Autodesk website (it is free), and use that to save the file to the 2010 format yourself.
Carefully read all of the previous posts in this thread. If the files you are receiving have AEC objects, and you are using AutoCAD Architecture and need to edit or create new AEC objects (Walls, Doors, etc.), you will not be able to do so even though you saved the file back. Your AutoCAD Architecture 2010 will see that there are future-format AEC objects and will disable all of the AEC commands when working in that file. If the file contains only AutoCAD objects or you only have AutoCAD and do not need to edit or create AEC objects, you may be able to work in it.
The only way to eliminate future AEC objects when saving back to a previous file version is to use the EXPORTTOAUTOCAD20xxx command, from the future version. (I am not certain if you can do that via DWG TrueView.) This will explode all AEC objects to AutoCAD linework, based on the current display settings, however, and will not leave you with any Walls, Doors, Spaces, etc.