ACad 2000 Import Question

Hi all

A colleague of mine has sent me some drawings he had done using AutoCad
2000

I can import the drawings OK, other than the title information which he has
in paper space. This previews OK but doesn't come through on the import.

Does anyone know of a way around this?
(Other than buy a copy of LT, Ric :>o)

 

That's an easy one Barry......QuickCAD/AutoSketch does not support Paper
Space.

AutoCAD drawings created in Paper Space will import into QC/AS only in Model
Space......which means anything created in Paper Space, such as title
blocks/borders will be completely ignored. A damn shame in my opinion.

You have picked my closing summary like a nose.....!!!!

Ric Norris.
http://users.bigpond.net.au/cavedrawings

 

Ric is right about not supporting papaer space. If the person can save
the border,etc. in model space, you can merge into the rest of the
drawing in AutoSketch.

Buying a copy of LT or a competing programing that will allow you to
open DWGs with paper and model space may be a worthwhile investment if
you have lots of these kinds of files.

 

Hmmm, it seems that anything created in 'Paper Space' isn't exported in DXF
format either, unless my colleague isn't setting up the export properly?

 

Yes, well I'm such a dyed in the wool Drafix/Autosketch user I don't know
how difficult it would be to 'upgrade'?

I bought a copy of AutoCad LT for Windows 3.1 for an extortionate amount of
money and found it so difficult to use that its been gathering dust on my
shelf since.

I quickly reverted to Drafix...

 

AutoCAD is difficult to use. However I just use it mostly as a file
filter. And is very expensive.