Converting Autocad dwg/dxf

[pharp]

I'm a drafter and I'm working with a machinist who is using Mastercam 9. He is unable to open any of my autocad files, either dwg or dxf. He says the file opens with just a white screen if any. I've also tried saving the files as an earlier dwg and dxf version, Autcad2000, even though he says he normally can open my current version, Autocad2007. Any ideas?

[beej]

have you tried just using iges?

[Pete Rimkus from CNC Software Inc.]

Are you saving the drawings in Paper Space?

Buy default we blank the Paper Space entities and show the Model Space ones.

If this is the case, he needs to, after selecting the DWG or DXF file in MCam, select the 'Options' button in the File/Open dialog and turn off the 'Blank Paper Space entities' switch. He can also go into Settings/Configuration/Converters and turn it off for good there.

 

And, I'll have to check, but I don't know for sure that Mastercam V9 could read AutoCAD 2007 files, so it is a good idea to user older formats like you're doing.

[Columbo™]

We have no problem when we were using V9.....Now we are using X3 and it also is working.... When going to autocad we have to save as ver 2002 otherwise it doesn't work.