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AUTOCAD Civil 3D 2018

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AUTOCAD Civil 3D 2018

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I have a .dwg file and I am trying to open it in AUTOCAD Civil 3D 2018 but get an error 'Incompatible server' . 

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Alfred.NESWADBA
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Hi,

 

Civil 3D 2018 uses the most current DWG-format, so it should be able to open DWG-files (at least the ones saved with AutoCAD or Civil 3D).

Can you please upload the dwg-file so I can try to open that file?

 

- alfred -

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Anonymous
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Ask whoever you got the file from which program & version they used to create it. Civil 3D is not backwards compatible (2017 cannot open files created in 2018, etc) and so it has probably been created in C3D 2019. You should be able to use trueview (link) to view the file and to convert it to a version you can open in C3D 2018 - but you may lose some of the Civil 3D information (as far as I know Trueview only converts to plain autocad - so intelligent objects get converted to geometry).

You can get a 30-day trial for C3D 2019 here if that is the product it was created in and you need the C3D information

 

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Anonymous
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if I see the properties of the file, user created the file using Autocad
2011, but if I look at the code of the file by opening it in notepad it
says AC1032 which means file should open in Autocad 2018 but that doesn't
work either.
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Anonymous
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1. Can you open it with plain AutoCAD (if you have access to a copy)

2. Can you open it with either Autodesk's online viewer or trueview?

If the latest version of trueview can't open it, you might have a corrupt file. Try command RECOVER on the drawing. If you still have no success, ask whoever you got the file from for a version that you can open OR if it's not confidential information, post the file here for people to look at.

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I was looking for a web page where I can find online viewers with different
versions of Autocad, bu i couldn't, can you please direct me to the page
where I can find them.

Thanks,
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Anonymous
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https://viewer.autodesk.com/
I think there's just the one viewer for all kinds of files.

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I receive this when I upload my file here.

AutoCAD-MissingShxFonts Missing fonts Some missing fonts were substituted
for the drawing file. - Please upload the composite design with the missing
font files to see the original fonts in the viewer: ltypeshp.shx
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Alfred.NESWADBA
Consultant
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Hi,

 

well, your first message:

>> get an error 'Incompatible server' 

Your last message:
>> [...] MissingShxFonts Missing fonts

What is now the truth? Your first message looks like you can' t open the dwg-file at all, your last message tells me you can open the file, only fonts/shx are missing.

 

I can only repeat, if you can upload the file I guess we would have a result much faster ...

 

- alfred -

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Anonymous
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Is this on the online viewer? if you click to continue without the .shx file can you see anything in the file? 
The .shx file is for linetypes so some of your lines may not display properly but at least you will be able to see if there's anything wrong with the file

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Anonymous
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I can open the file but it doesn't show me what it should me what it
actually should. I believe this is happening because something is missing
in this file.
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Anonymous
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I think 2nd message is the cause why file is not opening. somethings is
wrong with the file I believe.
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Anonymous
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If you think you are missing info, ask whoever gave you the file to send you a working version that you can use. We can't do much to help you over the internet without the file to see if we can open it.

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Alfred.NESWADBA
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Hi,

 

>> I think 2nd message is the cause why file is not opening. somethings is
>> wrong with the file I believe. 

From what I see in your second post:

If the file was created with AutoCAD 2011 then you should be able to open it with your Civil 3D 2018

Also the file header starting with "AC1032" points to a filetype you should be able to open with your Civil 3D 2018

 

So what happens now when you open that file with Civil 3D 2018?

If you get the message "incompatible version" (according to your screenshot in the first post) ... then I guess you don't have Civil 3D 2018 ==> please start your type of AutoCAD, start command _ABOUT and show us a screenshot from that dialog

If you get the message that SHX files are missing, then you might see wrong fonts, maybe some characters are missing in your text-like objects, you might see incorrect linetypes .. but the drawing should be loaded and visible!

 

- alfred -

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ISH-Solutions GmbH / Ingenieur Studio HOLLAUS
www.ish-solutions.at ... blog.ish-solutions.at ... LinkedIn ... CDay 2025
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(not an Autodesk consultant)
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