I think I have an AutoCad drawing, I can open the drawing up, but I can't modify it. I want to be able dimension the drawing. What do I need to do?


Thanks.

Try saving it as a dxf file, then see if it will let you dimension it.

Maybe the whole drawing was saved as a single Block entity.

Select everything and Explode. May need to do it more than once as there can be blocks within blocks.

moldmker

Open the drawing then do a save as, rename the drawing to something
slightly different. You can still save it to the same file location since it
will have a different name. Make sure that you save it with the version of autocad you have. In the past I had problems with people that had newer
versions than mine.
JIMBO

I've tried everything to dimension this autocad file, in Bobcad. Nothing works, when I explode the drawing, it will only do the arcs. When I dimension the anything, it reads 0. Is there anything else I can try?

Thanks.

I'am not familuar with this bobcad program. What kind of file
formats does it support IE what is the . ext it reads from and saves with
if you want to send me a copy of the file I will open it and see what I can do
I have 3 different drawing programs and a dozen translators.

send to jchildress@whemco.com

Perhaps you can open a new layer to put dims on. This helps keep things separate from the drawing on my TurboCad drawings.

I've tried everything to dimension this autocad file, in Bobcad. Nothing works, when I explode the drawing, it will only do the arcs. When I dimension the anything, it reads 0. Is there anything else I can try?

Thanks.

Can you post the file? Also, you did say "I think I have an AutoCad file". Could you clarify this?