Expert: Bob - 9/4/2008

Question
I have been using autocad &adt since a year.
Recently, I wanted to start a drawing with Adt 2008. I opened a drawing which was done in ADt 2004 and started doing it on Adt 2008. But somehow , When I click on the properties of (previously done) say wall, dimension, it does not show up. Even the layers do not change when I click and move from one to another. The doors &windows properties window shows up but the ht and width says something like 200' 254' like that. How to fix the problem??
Please help.
Thanks,
Jaya

Answer
HI --
Sorry, you are being less than precise -- hard to tell.

1-- if you open an old ADT drawing, you must SAVE it in 2007 file format (by saving it in your 2008) before you can work any walls, etc
-- you dont say you did that

2--you dont say if the 2004 drawing was your own, so that you know that it has not been exploded, etc, by someone else -- that would account for walls acting wierd. OR the walls were drawn wrong, etc.


3--I dont know what you mean by "Even the layers do not change when I click and move from one to another"  ONE WHAT?

4-- "something like" is not a good clue - if you told me exactly what they say and what they SHOULD SAY, I would have a clue

%-- Maybe you work in Metric and the old one was Imperial???? Maybe the old dwg was messed up by someone, layers locked, exploded, and so on

IT IS VERY IMPORTANT to give all the imformation clearly === otherwise, I am frustrated, and you receive a reply like this, which is only partial help.

Please try again, and I will try to help you. BUT, first verify that the old dwg was not a bad one. It sounds like user error.

BOB