I was working on a project in AutoCAD 2019 and now I'm using AutoCAD 2022. I just tried to open the file I was working on and it opens an earlier version of it, probably the first one I saved, although the icon in the folder shows the latest version of it. I tried to open it in a CAD visualizer online and it turned out to be the right version, the latest one. What is wrong? What can I do?
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Hi,
AutoCAD is always opening the selected CAD drawing file . Try to start AutoCAD first then type OPEN ( Ctrl+O ) command and select your CAD file , any changes ?
Imad Habash
No, I didn't. I just exported the same .dwg file to another software and it opened the right (latest) version of it. But when I try to open it in AutoCAD it's like the first version saved.
>> But when I try to open it in AutoCAD it's like the first version saved.
It's opened what you select , otherwise you have another CAD dwg file with same name .
Imad Habash
@Anonymous ,
So if you drag and drop the drawing on the AutoCAD 2022 shortcut and do the same on the Autodesk Viewer, you get two different versions of the drawing?
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This is what I get when I open the file in AutoCAD.
I'm working in this part of the file circled in red.
This is what I get when I open the file in Autodesk Viewer. Just part of the drawings.
This is the red circled part when I open in AutoCAD. It is like one of the first versions of the drawing.
This is the same part of the same file when imported to ArchiCAD. It's the last version of the drawing, the one I wanted to be opened in AutoCAD.
The same part when opened on an online DWG visualizer. It's the right version too.
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The same part when opened on an online DWG visualizer. It's the right version too.
This is the same part of the same file when imported to ArchiCAD. It's the last version of the drawing, the one I wanted to be opened in AutoCAD.
This is the red circled part when I open in AutoCAD. It is like one of the first versions of the drawing.
This is what I get when I open the file in Autodesk Viewer. Just part of the drawings.
I'm working in this part of the file circled in red.
This is what I get when I open the file in AutoCAD.
@Anonymous - I don't see any attachments?
Also, perhaps I missed it, but I didn't see the answer to @pendean 's question:
Where do you save your files, and does that location have versioning?
@lucasgomezschl You either have XREFs that are not loading (and you decided some time ago to hide that alert)
Or you have attached images that are not loading, Or something else you're not experienced enough to notice is missing, or there is an alert you've dismissed, or you keep opening the wrong file over and over again.
Find out, ask someone else in your office or a friend that is savvy with computers to help you out.
Or prove us wrong with actual DWG files from ArchiCAD and your AutoCAD please.
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