Need Help!- With AutoCad Drawing.

[Stampede]

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.

[LaserPro]

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

[moldmker]

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

[FastBusa]

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

[Stampede]

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.

[FastBusa]

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

[spinwheelz]

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

[BurrMan]

Originally Posted by Stampede 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?