You can export your drawing out as an WMF file from AutoCAD - that usually inserts into the Microsoft programs. Also you could just copy and paste it - just watch your background colors.
You have to create the block in whatever layer you want it to go in - it turns off because it still associates that block to the original layer it was created under. You could get it to stay on that layer if you would explode it.
I know this isn't a exactly a question on how to use AutoCAD but I don't know where else to look for this information.
I was wondering if anyone knows how to go about contracting AutoCAD services. I need to work from home and it's about the only thing I can think of to do.
Any advice?
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I have a drawing that was done in 2000. I need to have it converted sometime soon today to an R14 drawing. I left my laptop at home that has my CAD 2000 on it - can someone out there convert it for me? I would really appreciate it.
My email is crys_rae@yahoo.com
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I'm not inserting blocks - I'm not bringing in garbage from them. I simply open a drawing that exists as 1.32 MB. I change text "Notes:" to "NOTES:" and it triples in size.
I just want to know why - or if anyone is having the same type of problem. I know how to fix them but...
The titleblock was on the drawing previously. It is our standard titleblock. Most of the time we will take drawings that are already done and just save them as the new drawings because most of our systems have the same base.
The way I downsize the file is to use the WBlock command and select the titleblock and everything inside it. Purging the drawing really doesn't work - maybe just a few KB. It's just a really big pain to do this and it seems like it's not going to get better...
We have been having a lot of problems with drawings. I had a drawings that was 5MB in size this morning when I started on it and not it is 30MB. The only thing I did was change the titleblock and switchged places with four other things. I know how to fix the problem to get it back to 5MB but I...
I am currently running AutoCAD 14 and 2000 on Windows XP and have not had one bit of trouble. I've even had a demo version of 2002 on there and it was fine. I'm not sure why everyone else is having problems but as of yet I haven't. I've been using this setup since October 2001. I say just give...
The only way I have ever had this work is to set your AutoCAD printer to Default System Printer and then set the fax printer as your windows default. I don't know if there is a driver for it or not.
I can help you out with this as a temp fix until you find the files you need. I have an exe file that writes a script that purges every drawing in a folder. I can send this file to you and you can set your preferences to auto save in an older version. When you run the purge script you won't have...
I don't have that file either. I don't know exactly what it does but I don't get the error message that you were talking about. I'll check a few other computers and see if I can find anything.
I was able to find a convert.txt file in my AutoCAD folders - it talks about the file you are looking for. I don't know if it will help or not but it seems to be associated with the bonus tools. Here is the contents of that text file:
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' AutoCAD 2000
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' ActiveX...
