In our firm we use LT and I edited a drawing prepared with Architecture, moved a couple of doors and windows. I saved the file as auctocad 2004.
I sent the file by e-mail and the other user with Arcitecture didn't see any AEC object boxes and single lines.
Above is the sample of the drawings open in architecture after I save in LT.
Please let me know if you have any soluction for this issue.
Thank you
Luis Acosta
You say you saved the file as AutoCAD 2004. What versions of the programs are you using? Are they 2007 or later? AutoCAD Architecture objects do not save back to previous file formats, which may be contributing to the problem you show here.
Attached is the image of the same corner open with AutoCad LT. The previous picture shown the image from architecture without doors and walls.
Please let me know if you find any solution.
Thank you
Luis
Vanilla AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT should have the ACA Object Enabler built in, so you should be able to open a file created in AutoCAD Architecture and see the AEC objects and even perform limited edits. (You cannot create new objects from scratch, but you should be able to move existing objects.)
The problem is you say you are saving back to the 2004 format. Why? As previously mentioned, AEC objects cannot be saved back to a previous file format in a usable form. Is the user with AutoCAD Architecture using the 2004 release? If so, when you opened that file in a 2016 release product, the object enabler upgraded the AEC objects to the 2016 format. When you save back to the 2004 format, the AEC objects are not downgraded to the 2004 format, and a user opening the file with Architectural Desktop 2004 will get a notice that the file contains future objects and all of the AEC modules will be disabled.
If the AutoCAD Architecture user is using the 2013 version or later, if you save the file to the AutoCAD 2013 format, you should be able to exchange files without major issues, provided that you do not need to do extensive editing of AEC objects.
@Anonymous wrote:
If we use regular AutoCad and I moved doors from a file preapred in Architecture then save as autoCAD the other user with architecture 2010 will see the AEC objects without any problem?
Do you know?
Thank you
Luis
If you are using AutoCAD LT 2016 and the other user has AutoCAD Architecture 2010, you are still going to have file format problems, as ACA 2010 uses the AutoCAD 2010 format and your 2016 product uses the 2013 format.
ACA 2015 uses the 2013 file format. ACA 2010 uses the 2010 file format. While the program lets you save a 2013 format file to 2010 format, that is only effective for vanilla AutoCAD objects. AEC Objects will not be usable and, the presence of future AEC Objects will disable the AEC features when opening that file in ACA 2010.
If the only reason for doing this is so that someone with ACA 2010 can view the file, you could turn on PROXYGRAPHICS (set it to 1) in the file. That will greatly increase the file size and it will still not allow the 2010 user to make use of any AEC commands. The bottom line is for multiple people to effectively share files in AutoCAD Architecture, everyone needs to be running a version that uses the same file format. Ideally, everyone would be using the same version, with the same service packs applied, but at the very least, they all need to be using versions that use the same file format.
For the record:
Architectural Desktop 2004, 2005 and 2006 all use the 2004 file format.
Architectural Desktop 2007, AutoCAD Architecture 2008 and 2009 all use the 2007 file format.
AutoCAD Architecture 2010, 2011 and 2012 all use the 2010 file format.
AutoCAD Architecture 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016 all use the 2013 file format.
