Chris: When you save an existing 2000 dwg as an R13 dwg you should not end up with 2 copies of the same dwg as long as you do not change the file name. When you exit Acad, a message will alert you that the dwg was last saved in R13 format and will ask you if you wish to save in 2000 format.
Try saving them as R12 or R13 dxfs. You will then have duplicate copies however with different file extensions. You can then easily delete all dxf's at regular intervals. Eventually, Autocad will get to the point in future releases where it will not be possible to save in R12 or R13 format anymore so Smartcam will be useless if an import is required. An alternative method will be necessary, such as the "toolkit" you mentioned. How did you find out about this and where can we get info? Pete > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2000 5:53 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [mfg-smartcam] Translating dwg files > > Hi all, > One of the biggest obstacles to our company is the fact that Smartcam > cannot translate Autocad drawings above R12 reliably, if at all. Our > designers want to move away from saving our drawings as R12 because our > archive drawings are now all saved as Autocad 2000. Obviously, it is not > healthy to have multiple copies of the same drawings floating around. > There is an "open dwg alliance" in existence that has developed an > open dwg toolkit. This toolkit is reported to be able to translate even > Autocad 2000 drawings. I was wondering if any of you have tried making use > of this toolkit to help keep Smartcam cooking. > Any comments? > > Chris > > > ====================================================================== > To find out more about this mailing list including how to unsubscribe, > send the message "info mfg-smartcam" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ====================================================================== ====================================================================== To find out more about this mailing list including how to unsubscribe, send the message "info mfg-smartcam" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ======================================================================
