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.
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Your problem is not the file format. but that annotative dimentioning isn't supported in 2000.
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.
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.
Post your Autocad file, the original and the saved as
Thanks
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.