version 1 vs. version 2

[s.albunio]

I've yet to install version 2 on my computer..I know a little behind the times..but have been content with working in 1. If it's not broke don't fix it sort of situation. A work colleague (my hampster for testing out updates) works in version 2. Recently we've discovered that 1 can not open files created in 2 nor even access blocks, styles, etc. that have been used by 2. We've decided that Autodesk and it's wisdom would have created a setting to save version 2 files back to version 1 to make it accessible. Sort of like how one can save CAD files back to earlier versions. Is there a setting some place that I have missed that can rectify this issue or an add-on that should be installed?

[TerribleTim]

No, you haven't missed anything. There were some big changes between v.1 and v.2, thus you can't open a newer version file in the previous version. This is on my "please give us" list for the beta team, but no go yet.

Honestly, I would go ahead and move to using v.2 office-wide. If you already have someone using it you should have a good benchmark on how well it works. I have been using v.2 as well and will say it is worth the upgrade from v.1. Hope that helps.