Always save as acad2004 fucntion?

[Anonymous]

We are considering an upgrade to acad 2011, but have other seats of
acad2004.
We can not afford to upgrade all the seats, is it possible to run a routine
that will force acad 2011 to always save as 2004 to maintain compatibility?

Thanks!

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[Anonymous]

On 5/16/2010 7:52 AM, BigBill wrote:
> We are considering an upgrade to acad 2011, but have other seats of
> acad2004.
> We can not afford to upgrade all the seats, is it possible to run a routine
> that will force acad 2011 to always save as 2004 to maintain compatibility?
>
> Thanks!
>
You can always save down: Tools>Options>Open & Save to 2004. Just be
aware that some items specific to 2011 cannot be read by previous
versions but for general purposes, this should not be a problem.

[devitg]

You can UNDEFINE
save
qsave
quit
saveas
exit

and redefine to be

saveas 2004

Any way you can retrieve original mode adding a dot before the native command.

.-save
.-qsave
.-quit
.-qsave
.-exit

[Anonymous]

Awesome, great tip with the . before the
command,

I did not know that!

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You
can UNDEFINE
save
qsave
quit
saveas
exit

and
redefine to be

saveas 2004

Any way you can retrieve original
mode adding a dot before the native
command.

.-save
.-qsave
.-quit
.-qsave
.-exit

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[M_Hensley]

You could add code to your acad.lsp or acaddoc.lsp to always set the default save format:

(setenv "DefaultFormatForSave" "24")

12 = 2000
24 = 2004
36 = 2007
48 = 2010

[Anonymous]

Thats sound great too, maybe easier!

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You could add code to your acad.lsp or acaddoc.lsp to always set the default
save format:

(setenv "DefaultFormatForSave" "24")

12 = 2000
24 = 2004
36 = 2007
48 = 2010

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[devitg]

M_hensley, would it

(setenv "DefaultFormatForSave" "24")

accept the .SAVE , to do it in the current ACAD version??

[M_Hensley]

When you use (setenv "DefaultFormatForSave" "24") it is the same as picking Options-Open and Save-Save as. All the save commands will default to 2004 format. You can switch the type in the save dialog box for a particular file, but the next time you save the default will be back to 2004.