Originally Posted by
Tom Beauford
Are you talking about 2012 and 2014 when you mention R12 and R14? You also mentioned 2013. I don't think you can compile a DWG or a DXF, but you can compress both of them. If space is the issue a DWG would be a smaller file compressed or not. If you want to keep doing things the way you've always done you need to upgrade the software you're using each time you upgrade AutoCAD. What benefit do you get from using that software? There are a lot of file management options out there.