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    Default Saving AutoCAD 2007 DWG's to AutoCAD 2004 - are there any pitfalls

    What inherent dangers are lurking when an AutoCAD 2007 drawing is saved down to an AutoCAD 2004 format via the SAVEAS command. Are the pitfalls such that it shouldn't be recommended?

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    Default Re: Saving AutoCAD 2007 DWG's to AutoCAD 2004 - are there any pitfalls

    in my experience, saving a 2007 file as 2004 isnt too bad. objects keep their associativity, walls are still walls (ADT), xref's keep their paths. if you use the export function, everything is exploded (walls & AEC objects), and xref's are bound to the drawing as a block.

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    Default Re: Saving AutoCAD 2007 DWG's to AutoCAD 2004 - are there any pitfalls

    Quote Originally Posted by kirkevitz
    What inherent dangers are lurking when an AutoCAD 2007 drawing is saved down to an AutoCAD 2004 format via the SAVEAS command. Are the pitfalls such that it shouldn't be recommended?
    I think that any dynamic blocks in the drawing will lose the Dynamic properties. They're "stuck" in whatever settings you have when you save the drawing.

    If you reopen the drawing in 2007, the blocks won't work as dynamic blocks again, the change is permanent.

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    Default Re: Saving AutoCAD 2007 DWG's to AutoCAD 2004 - are there any pitfalls

    Quote Originally Posted by Augi Doggie
    I think that any dynamic blocks in the drawing will lose the Dynamic properties. They're "stuck" in whatever settings you have when you save the drawing.

    If you reopen the drawing in 2007, the blocks won't work as dynamic blocks again, the change is permanent.
    that's only if you re-open and save in a version that's older than 2006 (which still reads the 2004 format) at least, that's what i've experienced.

    in our office, (at this date), we have our file type set to 2004 in our Options dialog box so we don't have to worry about the 'save as' method, some peeps are still using 2006 even tho i don't think they should, but we're having hardware issues "or something"
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    Default Re: Saving AutoCAD 2007 DWG's to AutoCAD 2004 - are there any pitfalls

    I have my files saved down to 2000lt format.
    Only issue I found is that it will not work with the wblock command.

    Anything that I wblock, I always have to reopen and resave the file so that
    it is "actually" in 2000lt format.

    I haven't noticed any data loss of any kind.

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    Default Re: Saving AutoCAD 2007 DWG's to AutoCAD 2004 - are there any pitfalls

    The only one I know of the the loss of copy/paste if you go back as far as 2000 format fixed by this downloaded here... We have to save to 2004 on all drawings and haven't had any problems that can be definitely attributed to saving back.

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    Default Re: Saving AutoCAD 2007 DWG's to AutoCAD 2004 - are there any pitfalls

    We've discovered one huge problem - so long as it's a "pure" ACAD 2007 file, it will save down with no problems past the ones discussed here. However, if any other 2007 software has opened it and saved it (i.e. ADT, ABS, Civil 3D) then the files will be heck to deal with and won't open.
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