Missing .shx to open .dxf

[Anonymous]

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.

[Alfred.NESWADBA]

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 -

[Anonymous]

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."

[Alfred.NESWADBA]

Hi,

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

- alfred -

[Anonymous]

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

[Alfred.NESWADBA]

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 -

[Anonymous]

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

[Alfred.NESWADBA · Accepted solution]

Hi,

there are sht 1 to 3

- alfred -

[Alfred.NESWADBA]

Hi,

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

- alfred -

[Anonymous]

No, they are the same.

[Alfred.NESWADBA · Accepted solution]

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 -

[Anonymous]

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

[Alfred.NESWADBA]

You are very welcome, glad I could help!

- alfred -