{"id":1056,"date":"2009-10-01T05:14:29","date_gmt":"2009-10-01T13:14:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.caddmanager.com\/CMB\/?p=1056"},"modified":"2009-09-30T13:23:43","modified_gmt":"2009-09-30T21:23:43","slug":"autocad-file-format-compatability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.caddmanager.com\/CMB\/2009\/10\/autocad-file-format-compatability\/","title":{"rendered":"AutoCAD File Format Compatability"},"content":{"rendered":"

I get a lot of people who are confused by the file formats and their compatability between releases.\u00a0 Some wonder why onve version won’t open a certain file and others wonder why their files are not readable by others.<\/p>\n

Sometimes it just comes down to file formats.<\/p>\n

Here is the lsit of what versions store in what formats.<\/p>\n

Drawing File Format Applicable Releases<\/strong><\/p>\n

AutoCAD 2010<\/strong> File Format is used for:
\nAutoCAD 2010<\/p>\n

AutoCAD 2007<\/strong> File Format is used for:<\/p>\n

AutoCAD 2007
\nAutoCAD 2008
\nAutoCAD 2009<\/p>\n

AutoCAD 2004<\/strong> File Format is used for:<\/p>\n

AutoCAD 2004
\nAutoCAD 2005
\nAutoCAD 2006<\/p>\n

AutoCAD 2000<\/strong> File Format is used for:<\/p>\n

AutoCAD 2000
\nAutoCAD 2000i
\nAutoCAD 2002<\/p>\n

AutoCAD 14<\/strong> File Format is used for:<\/p>\n

AutoCAD R14<\/p>\n

New releases can open older releases.\u00a0 Older software cannot open newer formats.<\/p>\n

When you are saving a file for someone else, make sure that you save it in the right format.<\/p>\n

If you need to open a file for viewing in a newer release that you do not have – use Autodesk\u00a0 Design Review 2010<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I get a lot of people who are confused by the file formats and their compatability between releases.\u00a0 Some wonder why onve version won’t open a certain file and others wonder why their files are not readable by others. Sometimes it just comes down to file formats. Here is the lsit of what versions store […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-1056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cad-management"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t