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ACAD 2013 ERROR

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Anonymous
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‎02-18-2014 05:11 AM
‎02-18-2014 05:11 AM

ACAD 2013 ERROR

I tried to open an old ACAD file and recieved the message:  "drawing is not valid".

what does this mean?

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owenmull
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‎02-18-2014 07:39 AM
‎02-18-2014 07:39 AM

How old is the file you are trying to open? What version was it saved as?

-Owen
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kcobabe
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‎02-18-2014 07:41 AM
‎02-18-2014 07:41 AM

Was it by chance saved out from Microstation?

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wfberry
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‎02-19-2014 09:48 AM
‎02-19-2014 09:48 AM

I am going for the obvious.  It is probably corrupted.

 

Bill

 

 

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Jay_B
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‎02-19-2014 10:49 AM
‎02-19-2014 10:49 AM

Post the file here for someone to try.

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owenmull
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in reply to: kcobabe
‎02-19-2014 02:58 PM
‎02-19-2014 02:58 PM

@kcobabe wrote:
Was it by chance saved out from Microstation?

No, Microstation only uses two formats, '.garbage' and '.trash'

 

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-Owen
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