corrupt file

[johnhan76]

Ive got a big drawing that I have been working on for a while. It will not open. It gets to 81% open and stops. The .bak file does the same thing. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

 

[exit]

Hi Johnhan,
what ACAD are You running? What is big?

1. Restart Your computer.
2. Did You try to “_wherst”?
3. Search for *.ac$ file. Maybe You can rename the file into *.dwg…???

4. Good luck, Lothar


Win NT4.0 (SP6),
ACAD 2000i (SP2), ADT 3.0 (SP3),
ACAD 2002, ADT 3.3,
OCÈ 5200

 

[OZZY84]

what version of acad? 2002 has a much better recover tool.
try these
1. file -> drawing utilities -> recover

2. try to insert the damaged dwg as a block into a new
"good" dwg.

hope this helps

 

[CADaver]

If recover doesn't work, increase your virtual memory to as much as you can.

 

[johnhan76]

The solution: While the drawing was loading I hit the escape key quickly and the file was loaded. Then I made a block of the image and inserted it into a new drawing. I did lose coordinate info and my usc was rotated. Thanks to all that replied.