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ultrahawkeye  
#1 Posted : Monday, February 20, 2023 10:00:20 AM(UTC)
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I recently upgraded to Viacad Pro v14 and have a number of files from older versions that are .vc3 not .vcp. I thought that everything would be backwards compatible for importing. I don't necessarily need all of the files because they are older but I expected a new program would read old files.

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#2 Posted : Monday, February 20, 2023 11:12:34 AM(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: ultrahawkeye Go to Quoted Post
I recently upgraded to Viacad Pro v14 and have a number of files from older versions that are .vc3 not .vcp. I thought that everything would be backwards compatible for importing. I don't necessarily need all of the files because they are older but I expected a new program would read old files.

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Kevin


Did you try import ?

On my side I just checked : with V14, I can still open .cu files made in 2004...



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#3 Posted : Monday, February 20, 2023 4:13:39 PM(UTC)
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ViaCAD Pro 14 reads files dating back to CADD Pro for all products.

The same file format is used for all ViaCAD, SharkCAD, and TurboCAD Mac products.

I would need to see the file to find out what is wrong.

If you open any of these files in a text editor, the first line should be...

CADD-PRO14.00CSI-COM

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ultrahawkeye  
#4 Posted : Sunday, March 12, 2023 5:45:35 AM(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: Tim Olson Go to Quoted Post
ViaCAD Pro 14 reads files dating back to CADD Pro for all products.

If you open any of these files in a text editor, the first line should be...

CADD-PRO14.00���CSI-COM���

Tim


This is the first line - "bplist00”\NSURLNameKey_NSURLFileSizeKey_NSURLFileResourceTypeKey_32 Clary Drive.vc3,|G_NSURLFileResourceTypeRegular/J_d"

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#5 Posted : Sunday, March 12, 2023 7:21:11 AM(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: ultrahawkeye Go to Quoted Post

This is the first line - "bplist00”\NSURLNameKey_NSURLFileSizeKey_NSURLFileResourceTypeKey_32 Clary Drive.vc3�,|G_NSURLFileResourceTypeRegular/J_d����������������������������"



This file has no data it is 170 bytes and appears to be a reference or pointer to the actual file. Did you copy/backup or try restoring this file from a backup or damaged file? Is this the only copy of the file you have?

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Jason

Edited by user Sunday, March 12, 2023 2:15:28 PM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

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ultrahawkeye on 3/16/2023(UTC)
ultrahawkeye  
#6 Posted : Thursday, March 16, 2023 3:59:46 AM(UTC)
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Is this the only copy of the file you have?



No, unfortunately it's the only copy. Thanks for the help.
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