How to import from AutoCAD to QCAD?

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jornat
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How to import from AutoCAD to QCAD?

Post by jornat » Thu Aug 27, 2015 9:25 am

Hello
I guess this question must have turned up before but I have been unable to find the answer on the forum.
After having drawn a plan in AC I want to export it to QCAD.
How is this done????

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andrew
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Re: How to import from AutoCAD to QCAD????

Post by andrew » Thu Aug 27, 2015 11:35 am

What version of QCAD are you using?

With QCAD 2 or the QCAD 3 community edition, you can load DXF files. So simply save your file in Autocad as DXF and you should be able to load the file in QCAD.

With QCAD 3 Professional, you can load both DXF and DWG files directly.

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Re: How to import from AutoCAD to QCAD????

Post by jornat » Thu Aug 27, 2015 12:08 pm

Thank you Andrew
Strange indeed
I have the 3.7.7 version bought in january this year. I have of course done as you suggested. In autocad save as dxf but have then not been able to open the file in QCAD. My autocad version is from 2015.

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Re: How to import from AutoCAD to QCAD????

Post by jornat » Thu Aug 27, 2015 12:20 pm

I think I got the trick.
If I have opened QCAD I can not open the AC generated file from "file, open" menu..
But
If I have close QCAD and click on the file in the explorer and choose "open with QCAD" it works

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Re: How to import from AutoCAD to QCAD????

Post by andrew » Thu Aug 27, 2015 12:57 pm

jornat wrote:I have the 3.7.7 version bought in january this year.
OK, I'll move this thread to the appropriate forum of QCAD 3.
If I have opened QCAD I can not open the AC generated file from "file, open" menu..
But If I have close QCAD and click on the file in the explorer and choose "open with QCAD" it works
Sounds like you have to QCAD installations, one likely being a QCAD Community Edition which you start from the desktop or start menu and the other one QCAD Professional which is linked to DXF/DWG files.

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