Hi,
>> I have to save it that far back because some of our project managers or sub
>> contractors dont have the latest versions of autocad, so to prevent any issues
>> we have to save back to 2004
Never ever use an older dwg version as your default file format. Especially with 2018 you'll get troubles.
When others can't open your file then they can install Autodesk True View (free) and so they can open your 2018 files and save them back if they want to. But your current project working file should never run that save-back and then repair process.
>> but the problem is still there if i save as a newer version.
To test this did you really create a new project starting based on an original 2018 template and that was never saved back to an older format?
Or did you start a project based on an old template or did you use a drawing that already was saved back to an old dwg-format and now you saved it at 2018? ... because that is not the clean working situation.
>> This problem first showed up when I had to switch to the autosuite version of 2018,
>> files I created on the stand alone version dont have this issue
Well, then you might have installed object enabler, and other add in's that don't exist in the plain (Vanilla) AutoCAD. If you are really sure that it depends on that, then run a clean uninstall process and only install AutoCAD itself, you can enter the serial and product key from your suite when installing it.
>> I'm working on the screenshots but unfortunately, this issue is starting to cause me
>> to fall behind on deadlines so I cant really devote a lot of time to fixing it right now
No problem for us, but I would not like to work with the risk of damaging my data ... and so losing much more time!
(it's like driving with a car knowing the wheels are on their live end ... would you like to drive that car because you don't have time to change the wheels?)
- alfred -
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