Here's a new one...DXF.DWG

We have 2 users that when they try to use the SAVEAS command it adds
..DWG or .DXF to the end of the file. Example, saveas FILENAME.DXF gets
saved as FILENAME.DXF.DWG. The file is useless. I tried renaming the
file and taking the extra .DWG but when opening the file it's blank.
I've also seen this, when someone is creating a template file:
TEMPLATE.DWT.DXF should be this TEMPLATE.DWT

Has anyone ever seen these problems before?

 

Problem is, you must specify .dxf format (or .dwt) in the appropriate
pulldown in the SAVEAS dialog. If you don't, then AutoCAD assumes you want
to save in the .dwg format, and thinks the .dxf is part of the name. Do it
correctly, and the result will be as expected.
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DT;

If you would like, zip up the files (both the .dwg & the .dwg.dxf) and
we will take a look.

(NOTE: if the files are over 2 megs after being zipped, let us know and
we will set up a special ftp account for you to upload to.)

What ver. of ACAD are you on ? Any other special odd-on's or programs ?

If you would like to persue this, reply to this e-mail (remove the
nospamtoday).

Support Dept.
www.aecvizpro.com

 

Paul,
<<you must specify .dxf format>> They did this.
We are running Autocad Mechanical v6.0. I opened up plane old Vanilla
Autocad and had no problems. I then uninstalled and reinstalled Autocad
Mechanical and the problem is still there. Strange...

 

Alan,
We're running Autocad Mechanical v6.0. In the above post I replied that
I opened up Vanilla Autocad and everything worked fine. Something in
Mechanical is messed up.
DT

 

i ve never seen it, but is the file is really empty? try renaming it in
DOS sometimes windows dont have rename option set correctly

 

no, the file is not empty. I tried renaming it in DOS also...same thing.