AutoCAD Object Enablers for 2017

[ramcharger318]

I've been using AutoCAD 2018 for almost a year, and I started working with others that use AutoCAD 2017.  I have been saving as 2013 file format, but when I open up drawings in AutoCAD 2017 that were created in 2018, I get a Proxy Information dialog box that says I need to download object enablers.

The dialog box shows the missing applications as AecBase80, AecBaseEx80, AecArchBase80 and AecSchedule80 all which have the product description of "Autodesk Architectural Desktop 2007".

This doesn't make sense as I don't use Autodesk Architectural Desktop 2007.

Where do I find these object enablers?

[WarrenGeissler · Accepted solution]

As long as anyone who touched the drawing in AutoCAD Architecture (ACA) or copied content from ACA into the drawing, then it will have the proxy warning. Also - the version reported in the proxy message is not necessarily the correct version of the application (2018 reports as ACA 2007)

To get to the Object Enablers for ACA, go to your Autodesk Account - Management and expand AutoCAD. Go to Downloads, then Updates and Add-ons. There you can find it:

[WarrenGeissler]

@ramcharger318 - Correction on my last post: According to >>THIS<< AKN article

Starting with AutoCAD 2012, the ACA/MEP object enablers are built into the program. There will be no download unless the object enabler incurred an update. For example, AutoCAD 2014 has an ACA/MEP object enabler download because the object enabler received a bug fix. AutoCAD 2012 does not have a download because the object enabler for it was never updated.

That's why I saw the 2017 ACA Object Enabler - it was actually a patch.