I lose automatic field areas when opening file

[Anonymous]

Hi, and thanks in advance for your support.

I have a problem using AutoCAD for Mac: when I open an AutoCAD drawing created on Windows, I lose all the fields of areas which were created with the command "field". I mean: I see the correct measure and text, but it is no longer related to the corresponding polyline.

Is there, maybe, some variable I must set for this not to happen?

Thanks

[maxim_k]

Welcome to Autodesk Forums!

Hi Jose Maria,

I cannot reproduce your problem on my side: drawing created in AC 2020 for Windows and opened in AC 2021 for Mac.
If I edit polyline on Mac side I can see that corresponding FIELD gets updated correctly on REGEN or QSAVE.

Can you share your problem drawing here?

[Anonymous]

Thanks a lot

In this screenshot you can see the problem: inside the white circle, a filed made by myself in mac, the number is shaded; inside the yellow circle, another field, made in another windows computer; when I open the drawing in mac, the "field status" (to say so) disappears, the number is not shadowed ant the link with the polyline is broken but the figure is correct

if you are asking me for the dwg itself, you can download a sample here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/xm85g5sf42tnls1/Captura%20de%20pantalla%202020-06-26%2009.35.38.png?dl=0

thank you!

[maxim_k]

The link you provided is to "Captura de pantalla 2020-06-26 09.35.38.png" file, but not your drawing.
Can you try to share DWG again?

[Anonymous]

ups, sorry

this is the correct link:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/n2y89ivmb0ux2kw/sample.dwg?dl=0

[maxim_k]

When I open your drawing in AutoCAD for Windows, I see that the text inside yellow circle is MTEXT object, not FIELD. At first I thought it was converted to MTEXT before you opened it on Mac, but then I noticed that file you shared was saved in 2004 DWG format.

Now I created new field in AC for Windows and saved drawing in 2 formats: one in 2018 DWG format and another in 2004 DWG format. Then I opened both drawings in AC for Mac and drawing that was saved in 2004 DWG format missed FIELD I created on Windows side. File in 2018 DWG format works just fine.

I attached both drawing, you can compare yourself - FIELD inside red circle.

Look like this is a bug in AC for Mac, at the same time I know that FIELDS were introduced in AutoCAD 2005:

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/when-were-fields-introduced/td-p/2359618

I also tested with 2013, 2010 and 2007 DWG formats - everything is OK with them, when I open such drawings in AC for Mac the FIELDS, created on Windows side are in place.

[Anonymous]

thank you, i shall try