Autocad 2017

[Anonymous]

I have been using Autocad LT 2004 for the past 12 years. I have just installed Autocad 2017 (not LT)

2017 will not open my 2004 .dwg's or as .dxf. It flags up that they are in use or protected, which they are not.

How do I work around this?

[Alfred.NESWADBA]

Hi,

create a local folder, make sure you do have full permissions in that folder, copy one or some of the dwg-files into this folder and try to open them from that location.

Does that work?

- alfred -

[Anonymous]

Thanks Alfred but no I tried that with both .regards and .DSC. I haven't
tried importing them as a block. Would that work?

[Alfred.NESWADBA]

Hi,

>> I haven't tried importing them as a block

If you create a new drawing, then insert the previous drawing (and make sure the block get's exploded when inserted) then you just have the modelspace content, but not the layout(s), they have to be imported seperately.

I don't understand that copying a file to another destination makes the file blocked, can you upload such a dwg? Because in case copying the dwg file does not solve the issue I guess I should then see the same message as you get.

- alfred -

[Anonymous]

Is it because the original drawings are in windows XP but the new AutoCAD
is windows 7.0 home premium?

[Alfred.NESWADBA]

Hi,

the drawing format is independent of the operating system.

- alfred -

[Anonymous]

I will upload a drawing when I get back to my desk tomorrow. See what you
can make of it.
Regards
Barry

[rkmcswain]

Can you post a screenshot or copy the command line text?

"In use" is one thing.
"Protected" is something else

Which is it? Both? At different times?

[serkancavuslar]

Command: -TOOLBAR
Enter toolbar name or [ALL]: Standard
Enter an option [Show/Hide/Left/Right/Top/Bottom/Float] <Show>:

Show Menu Bar

RibbonClose

Other Toolbar Show "Button Right Click..."

WorkSpace Save As "AutoCAD Classic"

Serkan ÇAVUŞLAR

[Anonymous]

Sorry my mistake.
What the flag says is:-
------.dwg is currently in use or is read-only. Would you like to open the
file as 'read-only'

[Alfred.NESWADBA · Accepted solution]

Hi,

>> dwg is currently in use or is read-only. Would you like to open the
>> file as 'read-only

In that case I guess either the file or the folder or the network security does not allow to overwrite the file.

It does not have anything to do with the release of AutoCAD which saved/created that file.

Try to open such a file with the option "read-only", then start command _SAVEAS and give the file a new name, close the file and try to reopen it ... do you again get this info about "in use..."?

Try this twice, one time saving to the original folder and another time with saving the file on your local system into a temp folder.

- alfred -

[Anonymous]

Hi Alfred
Problem solved. Thank you.
Open as 'read-only'
'Save As' - give new file name and save in same folder as original
'Open' as new file name.
Regards
Barry

[rkmcswain]

bjp1907 wrote:
Open as 'read-only'
'Save As' - give new file name and save in same folder as original
'Open' as new file name.

In that case, it sounds like the original file simply has the read only attribute enabled.