On Mar 13, 2:54?pm, "Swingman" <[email protected]> wrote:
> <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > I have an SKF file generated with Autosketch [ probably years ago!] I
> > want to convert the file to DXF format, to use it with some other CAD
> > system.
> > Can't find a converter program, can any one help, pulease!!??
> > John Hewitt, Malaga, Spain
>
> I use AutoSketch9 and providing you can e-mail (not the addy that shows
> here) it, it may be possible to open and save/convert it and e-mail it back
> to you.
>
> Reply back if that is in your plans.
>
> --www.e-woodshop.net
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Quick question: I have AD 8, and use it about twice a year. Is AD 9
any better? Are the "improvements" real or PR, in other words? I've
got a need for some drawings coming up in a few weeks and would like
something more efficient, but no more costly.
[email protected] wrote:
> I have an SKF file generated with Autosketch [ probably years ago!] I
> want to convert the file to DXF format, to use it with some other CAD
> system.
> Can't find a converter program, can any one help, pulease!!??
> John Hewitt, Malaga, Spain
>
I just spent far too much time on Google. I did run across this possibilty:
"DWG Support: Because AutoSketch drawings are DWG format compatible, you
can create and view AutoCAD® drawings for enhanced collaboration with
colleagues and clients."
http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/index?siteID=123112&id=4452477
So there would seem to be the possibility that a DWG to DXF converter
(there are at least 100 of 'em) could do the trick for you.
There is also this possibility:
"If you need to convert older CAD files from the DOS or Windows version
of AutoSketch (.SKD) to the AutoCAD format (.DWG), you can use the free
"conversion" version of the AutoSketch applications - AutoSketch 2.1fc.
This version contains only functions for opening and saving drawings.
AutoSketch 2.1fc is available for download on www.xanadu.cz/download."
http://www.cadforum.cz/cadforum_en/qaID.asp?tip=5299
Hope this helps. The information I am encountering seems to suggest that
the correct data file extension is SKD, rather than SKF. When I searched
again using SKD, I got much better results.
So ... it looks like two possibilities for the moment. I might also
suggest renaming the extension from SKD to DWG to see if your Autocad
program will read them directly. It costs nothing to try.
Bill
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Leon wrote:
> "Bill in Detroit" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> [email protected] wrote:
>>> I have an SKF file generated with Autosketch [ probably years ago!] I
>>> want to convert the file to DXF format, to use it with some other CAD
>>> system.
>>> Can't find a converter program, can any one help, pulease!!??
>>> John Hewitt, Malaga, Spain
>>>
>> I just spent far too much time on Google. I did run across this
>> possibilty:
>>
>> "DWG Support: Because AutoSketch drawings are DWG format compatible, you
>> can create and view AutoCAD® drawings for enhanced collaboration with
>> colleagues and clients."
>> http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/index?siteID=123112&id=4452477
>>
>> So there would seem to be the possibility that a DWG to DXF converter
>> (there are at least 100 of 'em) could do the trick for you.
>>
>> There is also this possibility:
>> "If you need to convert older CAD files from the DOS or Windows version of
>> AutoSketch (.SKD) to the AutoCAD format (.DWG), you can use the free
>> "conversion" version of the AutoSketch applications - AutoSketch 2.1fc.
>> This version contains only functions for opening and saving drawings.
>>
>> AutoSketch 2.1fc is available for download on www.xanadu.cz/download."
>> http://www.cadforum.cz/cadforum_en/qaID.asp?tip=5299
>>
>> Hope this helps. The information I am encountering seems to suggest that
>> the correct data file extension is SKD, rather than SKF. When I searched
>> again using SKD, I got much better results.
>
> SKD is the older AutoSketch file format. There was more than one. 2.1 for
> certain used SKD. AutoSketch evolved or rather devolved in the recent past
> years. The latest programs are no where near as powerful as the 2.1
> version. IIRC the current version evolved from Quick Cad. The earlier
> versions evolved from Sketch, a non AutoDesk product. There was very little
> difference between AutoSketch 2.1 and AutoCAD LT for wondows back in those
> days.
>
I haven't used Autocad in MANY years (v 8? 9?) and I never was any good
with it, but that free program MIGHT convert a range of formats, not
just the one. For no money, it seems worth a look-see.
I don't have a drawing to try it with and I'm busier than a one-armed
paper hanger at the moment (actually, not 'busy' ... just bogged down in
my own software problems) so I won't be trying it out.
Bill
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[email protected] wrote:
> Did another Google search, found the data you printed above, and noted
> that SKF _is_ a valid file format, that came about after a version
> change to AutoSketch. It made files generated by later versions of
> Autosketch, incompatible with earlier versions - great, Eh?
>
> So I still have a SKF file that I can't convert to DXF format.
> Wouldn't get excited, but for the fact that it depicts the lawn
> watering system I installed here - I'd like to keep the record.
>
> Thanks for your help Bill.
> John Hewitt, Malaga, Spain
>
Sounds like the best next move would be to track down a copy of that
version of Autosketch. And NEVER turn loose of it again. ;-)
Some years ago I had a file corrupt in an ancient version of a database
that I was still using. Could not get the company to part with that
single file (which would not have worked if I didn't already own the
rest of the program) despite the fact that I definitely had a legal copy
to work from.
So I hit their users forum. Mebbe 72 hours later I was back in business.
Bill
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> How do we get together?
Go to www.wildriverband.com; Click on the e-mail link; send e-mail using
your real address. I'll get a cc of that and respond with my personal e-mail
where size is no problem.
Let me know if you have any problems or don't hear back in a reasonable
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In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] wrote:
> I have an SKF file generated with Autosketch [ probably years ago!] I
> want to convert the file to DXF format, to use it with some other CAD
> system.
> Can't find a converter program, can any one help, pulease!!??
> John Hewitt, Malaga, Spain
Vectorworks 12.5 has a plug-in that does just that.
"Swingman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> "Charlie Self" wrote in message
>
>> Quick question: I have AD 8, and use it about twice a year. Is AD 9
>> any better? Are the "improvements" real or PR, in other words? I've
>> got a need for some drawings coming up in a few weeks and would like
>> something more efficient, but no more costly.
>
> I probably can't help you much with that question. Is AD the same as
> AutoSketch?
>
> All I know about the AutoDesk products is that somehow AutoSketch9 is the
> _exact_ same program as QuickCAD, which was discontinued and the two
> somehow
> morphed??
>
> I used QuickCAD for some time and can see no difference in the two program
> interface or functionality, although they may be different under the hood.
>
> Leon says that he used the DOS version of AutoSketch, but I never used it
> until I was forced to move/upgrade from QuickCAD.
I also used AutoSketch 2.0 and 2.1 for Windows. These two versions were
what AutoCAD LT for Windows looked like when if first appeared as a for
Windows program IIRC in 1996-1997. Any way the 2.1 version has Direct
Distance Entry, a very useful command for drawing lines to an exact length
and direction when the line is created.
I think AutoSketch may have lost some of its power somewhere along the line
so as not to compete with AutoCAD LT.
IIRC AutoSketch was called Sketch before Autodesk acquired it.
"Charlie Self" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Mar 13, 2:54?pm, "Swingman" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> > I have an SKF file generated with Autosketch [ probably years ago!] I
>> > want to convert the file to DXF format, to use it with some other CAD
>> > system.
>> > Can't find a converter program, can any one help, pulease!!??
>> > John Hewitt, Malaga, Spain
>>
>> I use AutoSketch9 and providing you can e-mail (not the addy that shows
>> here) it, it may be possible to open and save/convert it and e-mail it
>> back
>> to you.
>>
>> Reply back if that is in your plans.
>>
>> --www.e-woodshop.net
>> Last update: 2/20/07
>
> Quick question: I have AD 8, and use it about twice a year. Is AD 9
> any better? Are the "improvements" real or PR, in other words? I've
> got a need for some drawings coming up in a few weeks and would like
> something more efficient, but no more costly.
>
Charley look at Intellicad. It is an AutoCAD clone and can be had for about
the same price as AutoSketch.
"Bill in Detroit" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> [email protected] wrote:
>> I have an SKF file generated with Autosketch [ probably years ago!] I
>> want to convert the file to DXF format, to use it with some other CAD
>> system.
>> Can't find a converter program, can any one help, pulease!!??
>> John Hewitt, Malaga, Spain
>>
>
> I just spent far too much time on Google. I did run across this
> possibilty:
>
> "DWG Support: Because AutoSketch drawings are DWG format compatible, you
> can create and view AutoCAD® drawings for enhanced collaboration with
> colleagues and clients."
> http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/index?siteID=123112&id=4452477
>
> So there would seem to be the possibility that a DWG to DXF converter
> (there are at least 100 of 'em) could do the trick for you.
>
> There is also this possibility:
> "If you need to convert older CAD files from the DOS or Windows version of
> AutoSketch (.SKD) to the AutoCAD format (.DWG), you can use the free
> "conversion" version of the AutoSketch applications - AutoSketch 2.1fc.
> This version contains only functions for opening and saving drawings.
>
> AutoSketch 2.1fc is available for download on www.xanadu.cz/download."
> http://www.cadforum.cz/cadforum_en/qaID.asp?tip=5299
>
> Hope this helps. The information I am encountering seems to suggest that
> the correct data file extension is SKD, rather than SKF. When I searched
> again using SKD, I got much better results.
SKD is the older AutoSketch file format. There was more than one. 2.1 for
certain used SKD. AutoSketch evolved or rather devolved in the recent past
years. The latest programs are no where near as powerful as the 2.1
version. IIRC the current version evolved from Quick Cad. The earlier
versions evolved from Sketch, a non AutoDesk product. There was very little
difference between AutoSketch 2.1 and AutoCAD LT for wondows back in those
days.
On Thu, 15 Mar 2007 13:58:10 -0400, Bill in Detroit <[email protected]>
wrote:
>[email protected] wrote:
>> I have an SKF file generated with Autosketch [ probably years ago!] I
>> want to convert the file to DXF format, to use it with some other CAD
>> system.
>> Can't find a converter program, can any one help, pulease!!??
>> John Hewitt, Malaga, Spain
>>
>
>I just spent far too much time on Google. I did run across this possibilty:
>
>"DWG Support: Because AutoSketch drawings are DWG format compatible, you
>can create and view AutoCAD® drawings for enhanced collaboration with
>colleagues and clients."
>http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/index?siteID=123112&id=4452477
>
>So there would seem to be the possibility that a DWG to DXF converter
>(there are at least 100 of 'em) could do the trick for you.
>
>There is also this possibility:
>"If you need to convert older CAD files from the DOS or Windows version
>of AutoSketch (.SKD) to the AutoCAD format (.DWG), you can use the free
>"conversion" version of the AutoSketch applications - AutoSketch 2.1fc.
>This version contains only functions for opening and saving drawings.
>
>AutoSketch 2.1fc is available for download on www.xanadu.cz/download."
>http://www.cadforum.cz/cadforum_en/qaID.asp?tip=5299
>
>Hope this helps. The information I am encountering seems to suggest that
>the correct data file extension is SKD, rather than SKF. When I searched
>again using SKD, I got much better results.
>
>So ... it looks like two possibilities for the moment. I might also
>suggest renaming the extension from SKD to DWG to see if your Autocad
>program will read them directly. It costs nothing to try.
>
>Bill
Thanks for the reply and the help. No, the file is definitely an .SKF
file generated by Autosketch. I dloaded the converter from
www.xanadu.cz/download but it would not recognize the SKF file format.
Tried changing the extension, with the same result.
Looked at two DWG to DXF converters, they just upchuck on SKF files.
Did another Google search, found the data you printed above, and noted
that SKF _is_ a valid file format, that came about after a version
change to AutoSketch. It made files generated by later versions of
Autosketch, incompatible with earlier versions - great, Eh?
So I still have a SKF file that I can't convert to DXF format.
Wouldn't get excited, but for the fact that it depicts the lawn
watering system I installed here - I'd like to keep the record.
Thanks for your help Bill.
John Hewitt, Malaga, Spain
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Er, well yes. Hence the posting.
On Tue, 13 Mar 2007 13:59:18 -0400, John <[email protected]> wrote:
>On Tue, 13 Mar 2007 18:22:19 +0100, [email protected] wrote:
>
>>I have an SKF file generated with Autosketch [ probably years ago!] I
>>want to convert the file to DXF format, to use it with some other CAD
>>system.
>>Can't find a converter program, can any one help, pulease!!??
>>John Hewitt, Malaga, Spain
>
>A quick Google search seems to indicate that only AutoSketch can
>read/convert the .skf file. There are even forum postings from
>AutoCAD users asking for a way to read the files...
>
>John
John Hewitt, Malaga, Spain
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Yes, I'd like to do that.
The file is appx 500K, generated / acessed last in the year 2000.
Understand yr caution re email address - and it's validity.
Likewise here.
How do we get together?
On Tue, 13 Mar 2007 12:54:19 -0600, "Swingman" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
><[email protected]> wrote in message
>> I have an SKF file generated with Autosketch [ probably years ago!] I
>> want to convert the file to DXF format, to use it with some other CAD
>> system.
>> Can't find a converter program, can any one help, pulease!!??
>> John Hewitt, Malaga, Spain
>
>I use AutoSketch9 and providing you can e-mail (not the addy that shows
>here) it, it may be possible to open and save/convert it and e-mail it back
>to you.
>
>Reply back if that is in your plans.
John Hewitt, Malaga, Spain
--
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"Charlie Self" wrote in message
> Quick question: I have AD 8, and use it about twice a year. Is AD 9
> any better? Are the "improvements" real or PR, in other words? I've
> got a need for some drawings coming up in a few weeks and would like
> something more efficient, but no more costly.
I probably can't help you much with that question. Is AD the same as
AutoSketch?
All I know about the AutoDesk products is that somehow AutoSketch9 is the
_exact_ same program as QuickCAD, which was discontinued and the two somehow
morphed??
I used QuickCAD for some time and can see no difference in the two program
interface or functionality, although they may be different under the hood.
Leon says that he used the DOS version of AutoSketch, but I never used it
until I was forced to move/upgrade from QuickCAD.
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On Tue, 13 Mar 2007 18:22:19 +0100, [email protected] wrote:
>I have an SKF file generated with Autosketch [ probably years ago!] I
>want to convert the file to DXF format, to use it with some other CAD
>system.
>Can't find a converter program, can any one help, pulease!!??
>John Hewitt, Malaga, Spain
A quick Google search seems to indicate that only AutoSketch can
read/convert the .skf file. There are even forum postings from
AutoCAD users asking for a way to read the files...
John
<[email protected]> wrote in message
> I have an SKF file generated with Autosketch [ probably years ago!] I
> want to convert the file to DXF format, to use it with some other CAD
> system.
> Can't find a converter program, can any one help, pulease!!??
> John Hewitt, Malaga, Spain
I use AutoSketch9 and providing you can e-mail (not the addy that shows
here) it, it may be possible to open and save/convert it and e-mail it back
to you.
Reply back if that is in your plans.
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Last update: 2/20/07