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Missing .shx to open .dxf

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Anonymous
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Missing .shx to open .dxf

Hello all!

 

I am unable to open a .dxf in AutoCAD 2017 because its looking for a missing cvltshp.shx. I've searched for this file with no success. Is there anyway I can bypass this? its not giving me a prompt to ignore...it wants me to point it to where the file is located. Thanks for any help provided.

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Message 2 of 13
Alfred.NESWADBA
in reply to: Anonymous

Hi,

 

>> I am unable to open a .dxf in AutoCAD 2017 because its

>> looking for a missing cvltshp.shx

Should not be a problem, can you upload this DXF-file so we can try that?

 

>> it wants me to point it to where the file is located

What happens if you show another SHX-file (e.g. TXT.SHX) ... it may show the fonts differently or miss some linetypes, but the drawing should continue to open.

 

- alfred -

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Message 3 of 13
Anonymous
in reply to: Alfred.NESWADBA

Thanks for the reply Alfred. Attached is the dxf thats giving me issues. I will try to point it to another file but its specifically asking for the file mentioned above.

 

When I tried to point it to txt.shx, and any other .shx for that matter, it gave me the following error message: "xxxx.shx is a normal text font file, not a shape file."

Message 4 of 13
Alfred.NESWADBA
in reply to: Anonymous

Hi,

 

please try the attached DXF, I only removed the style definition and the DXF loaded fine (but without warranty about the content!)

 

- alfred -

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ISH-Solutions GmbH / Ingenieur Studio HOLLAUS
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Message 5 of 13
Anonymous
in reply to: Alfred.NESWADBA

That did the trick Alfred! I have 6 other sheets to this drawing...would you be willing to help me out with the rest?

Message 6 of 13
Alfred.NESWADBA
in reply to: Anonymous

Hi,

 

>> I have 6 other sheets

I see only 3 files in your post...

(if you ZIP them all together the upload is much faster)

 

- alfred -

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Alfred NESWADBA
ISH-Solutions GmbH / Ingenieur Studio HOLLAUS
www.ish-solutions.at ... blog.ish-solutions.at ... LinkedIn ... CDay 2024
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Message 7 of 13
Anonymous
in reply to: Alfred.NESWADBA

I knew that...lol. Must be the excitement of finally getting this resolved. you work much faster than our IT. 

Message 8 of 13

Hi,

 

there are sht 1 to 3

 

- alfred -

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ISH-Solutions GmbH / Ingenieur Studio HOLLAUS
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Message 9 of 13
Alfred.NESWADBA
in reply to: Anonymous

Hi,

 

are the first three files in your ZIP different to the first 3 files you already uploaded?

 

- alfred -

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ISH-Solutions GmbH / Ingenieur Studio HOLLAUS
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Message 10 of 13
Anonymous
in reply to: Alfred.NESWADBA

No, they are the same.

Message 11 of 13
Alfred.NESWADBA
in reply to: Anonymous

Hi,

 

now the ZIP with sht 4-7


ATTENTION: sht5 was defect (had another DXF error besides of the missing SHX), so I had to run some repair steps, not sure if that is really complete!

 

- alfred -

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Alfred NESWADBA
ISH-Solutions GmbH / Ingenieur Studio HOLLAUS
www.ish-solutions.at ... blog.ish-solutions.at ... LinkedIn ... CDay 2024
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(not an Autodesk consultant)
Message 12 of 13
Anonymous
in reply to: Alfred.NESWADBA

Sheet 5 looks complete enough. Thanks so much! You're a life saver.

Message 13 of 13
Alfred.NESWADBA
in reply to: Anonymous

You are very welcome, glad I could help!

 

- alfred -

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Alfred NESWADBA
ISH-Solutions GmbH / Ingenieur Studio HOLLAUS
www.ish-solutions.at ... blog.ish-solutions.at ... LinkedIn ... CDay 2024
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(not an Autodesk consultant)

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