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Anonymous
February 24, 2012
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dwg files unknown format

  • February 24, 2012
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I have a colleague that has sent me (multiple times) a dwg file done in AutoCad that I can't open.  It keeps saying "the file ....dwg is an unknown format that can not be opened".  I have CS5 and I thought Illustrator easily handled dwg files.  Any clues as to what the problem could be?

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      Anonymous
      February 25, 2012

      Thanks for all of the help folks.

      Steve Fairbairn
      Steve Fairbairn
      Inspiring
      February 24, 2012

      Get him to export AutoCad to PDF. That should be no problem.

      Then you can easily open the PDFs in Illie.

      My architect colleagues do this for me frequently.

      MW Design
      MW Design
      Inspiring
      February 24, 2012

      If possible, have them either save to an older DWG format as Grant mentions or simply as a DXF. Failing that, they can export out as a PDF or at least print to one.

      Take care, Mike

      Grant H
      Community Expert
      Grant HCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      February 24, 2012

      If there are :things: in the dwg file thats not supported or a latest version of cad and the dwg file is holding 3d info it wont open... They must back save the DWG file for you.


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