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Old File, Possibly Corrupted By Student Version

Anonymous — Mon, 02 Oct 2017 01:12:12 GMT

I have a drawing sent to me from 2007. I need to draw an updated mechanical plan on it. The individual sending me the file said it has been corrupted by a student version and that the file is in autocad 2000. Is there a way to update this file to open in autocad 2017 without corrupting my version? Or is my only option to redraw the basic layout of the building?

Re: Old File, Possibly Corrupted By Student Version

ennujozlagam — Mon, 02 Oct 2017 01:21:39 GMT

@Anonymous hello try to go drawing utilities > recover and open the file. in the command prompt just type Audit to fix errors. you can open your file from lower version to higher version vice versa. it won't affect your version. Then from there we can establish if you can recover your file or you need to redraw from scratch . thanks

Re: Old File, Possibly Corrupted By Student Version

Alfred.NESWADBA — Mon, 02 Oct 2017 10:43:23 GMT

Hi,

>> has been corrupted by a student version and that the file is in autocad 2000.

>> [...] Or is my only option to redraw the basic layout of the building?

Just one sentence according to license rules ... if the drawing was created using a education version you are not allowed to use it in a commercial project, this would be a violation against the education license rules.

- alfred -

Re: Old File, Possibly Corrupted By Student Version

john.vellek — Mon, 02 Oct 2017 15:37:44 GMT

Hi @Anonymous,

I see that you are visiting as a new member to the AutoCAD forum. Welcome to the Autodesk Community!

Please run AUDIT on the file to see if that finds errors. If you are still unable to work with the file, you are welcome to add it to a post for me to examine.

If the file was created in a student version then , as @Alfred.NESWADBA indicated, you should not use this file for your work. If however, it was created in a legitimate license but somewhere got tagged with the student license stamp then there shouldn't be a problem.

I am happy to look at the file for you if you like.

Please select the Accept as Solution button if my post solves your issue or answers your question.

Re: Old File, Possibly Corrupted By Student Version

gotphish001 — Mon, 02 Oct 2017 16:56:38 GMT

Everyone has the correct idea, but I didn't see anyone mention is that if you open a dwg with the student stamp on it in version 2015 or later it will just remove the stamp. So if it wasn't fully created in a student version and it just got corrupted by a block or something by mistake then if you open it in 2017 I wouldn't worry about it. I'd do the recover and audit just to help clear up the file since it's old at the very least just to be safe.

Re: Old File, Possibly Corrupted By Student Version

pendean — Mon, 02 Oct 2017 17:48:00 GMT

AS noted above, R2017 does not display the EDU stamp: but it will not remove it, it simply does not show it.

Try a google search for a solution to send to your file issuer to fix their files, it works for older versions.

Re: Old File, Possibly Corrupted By Student Version

gotphish001 — Mon, 02 Oct 2017 18:55:56 GMT

I stand corrected I thought 2015 and up just removed it. Good to know it just hides it or doesn't display it.

EDIT: I was googling how to remove the stamp just for my own curiosity and on autodesk knowledge page it says that it removes the stamp. So my understanding is that 2015 and newer hide the stamp when drawings are opened but once they are save in the newer version it removes stamp. Would that be what is happening? I'm not trying to split hairs. I just don't want to pass information on that is incorrect in the future.

From autodesk knowledge page

"AutoCAD 2015 (and newer) has been designed to remove the plot stamp altogether when a drawing is saved. "

Re: Old File, Possibly Corrupted By Student Version

nikospur — Mon, 02 Oct 2017 19:29:01 GMT

If by corrupted you mean it has a stamp on it when plotting, try exporting it as a .dxf and then importing it again, then save as dwg. It worked well for me in the past. As for the ethical part, there´s no anyone but you to be sure about where the file comes from.

Re: Old File, Possibly Corrupted By Student Version

john.vellek — Tue, 03 Oct 2017 21:03:02 GMT

Hi @Anonymous,

I am checking back to see if my post or others helped you with your problem. Please mark a post or posts as accepted solutions if they resolved the issue or give me a bit more detail on this issue so we can continue to work towards getting this solved.

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