DXF file won't load in ACAD

[jwongmep]

This shows up in the command line and the dxf would not load:

"Improper table entry name 0 on line 36.
Invalid or incomplete DXF input -- drawing discarded."

Anyone have any idea why this is not working? A google search tells me that ACAD might not be accepting a font in the DXF.. is there a way to fix this without going into the original file?

Any help is appreciated.

[rkmcswain]

Can you ZIP and post the DXF file?
What application created the DXF file?

My guess is that there is an assignment of a layer/dimstyle/textstyle,etc. to a table entry that does not exist. In other words, the DXF file is trying to say that a line is on layer "X", when there is no layer "X" defined in the drawing.

[jaberwok]

You could start by opening the file in notepad/wordpad (or, even better, a programmers' editor) and identify line 36 and see what it says.

[Arben.Allaraj]

This shows up in the command line and the dxf would not load:

"Improper table entry name 0 on line 36.
Invalid or incomplete DXF input -- drawing discarded."

Anyone have any idea why this is not working? A google search tells me that ACAD might not be accepting a font in the DXF.. is there a way to fix this without going into the original file?

Any help is appreciated.

Try to open with True DwgView.

[cadtag]

Autodesk's True view app _is_ autocad, with most of the commands disabled,,,, the viewing and import capability are the same as Acad. Best bet with a hosed DXF is to look at the DXF, and try to figure out how to edit it to fix