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AutoCAD 2019 Alert for ArchiCAD users

I just downloaded AutoCAD Architecture 2019 for demo and when I open .dwg files I just generated/published with ArchiCAD 22 as .dwg for AutoCAD 2018 I get the following message in AutoCAD 2019, saying that the files were made with a Student version and that a stamp for that will remain in the files.

How about a note that says the .dwg's were generated with ArchiCAD 22 instead ?

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Laszlo Nagy
Community Admin
Community Admin
(I am assuming this is a Autocad Architecture 2019 Trial version, not a STUDENT or demo version.)

What is displayed in Autocad can in no way be influenced by GRAPHISOFT or the DWG file saved from ARCHICAD.

The real question here is why Autocad thinks the DWG was generated by a STUDENT Autocad version.
I will bring this to the attention of GRAPHISOFT developers.

(As a historical note: many years ago Autodesk started playing scare tactics on users. What they did is this: when a DWG files not created by Autocad was opened in Autocad, a Warning Dialog appeared saying something like: "This DWG file was not created by Autocad so it may not work properly and can result in data loss."). I will be curious to see if this is a similar tactic used by them or simply some other programming issue.
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Eduardo Rolon
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What happens if you open the DWG first in Draftsight and save from that one?
It should be a mistake/bug but I would not put it past to ADESK doing it on purpose, like Win95 and Wordperfect.
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I don't have Draftsight installed to try it on.

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Eduardo Rolon
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It is free
Eduardo Rolón AIA NCARB
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eldhead
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Autocad Architecture 2019 just say "This DWG file was not created by Autocad".
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