Oh the Irony! My R14 drawing won't open in 2005?

[VERYCIVILDRAFTER]

I must have ripped a hole in time and space

I have a drawing that was created in R14 and can be opened in R14. Problem is; when I open it in '05 I get the following error.


Assertion failed!

Program: c:\Program Files\Land Desktop 2005\acad.exe
File: ..\..\3rdParty\Dbx\Inc\acarray.h
Line: 264

Expression: isValid(I)

Fro information on how your program can cause an assertion failure, see the Visual C++ documentation on asserts

(Press Retry to Debut the application – JIT must be enabled)


Then AutoCAD crashes like the Genesis capsule (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Genesis+capsule&btnG=Google+Search) in the Utah desert!

I have tried to recover it with LDD 05... see error above
I have run audit in R14... to bad so sad
I have run audit and purge in R14... sucks to be me
I have run MAP 2005… you guessed it
I deleted the blocks that associate the drawing to Softdesk 8 data base... continues sucking to be me
And worst of all I can’t even “insert block” the drawing into a fresh session of 2005.

I have a few more ideas but any help would be appreciated.
Comments about the true definition of irony will also be appreciated. :)

[architech]

Did ya' try saving it as a DXF in AutoCAD 14 .... then DXFIN in AutoCAD 2005.

That should work .... :P

Let me know if it doesn't :?:

HTH. :idea:

[VERYCIVILDRAFTER]

Should I do a R12 dxf or R14?

That really hoses my mtext, and i've got a ton of text in the dwg.

Another odd thing, I can't insert the dwg into a clean R14 drawing.

I'm getting"

Initializing... DDINSERT loaded.*Invalid*
Proxy object(s) created"

This drawing has a lot more wrong with it than not opening in 2005.