gelbuilding Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 Very strange, when I try to import dwg file the dialog box doesn't come up and CA freezes. The top line of the menu is greyed out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DzinEye Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 It sounds like it's not completing the import process. Is it waiting for some input from you? Do you get through all the various dialogue boxes that pop up in the import process asking what layers you want things to go on etc.? How big is the drawing file? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gelbuilding Posted April 16, 2020 Author Share Posted April 16, 2020 The dialog box doesn't come up Ca freezes up. Downloaded the latest drivers still no luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwideziner Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 George Just tried an import of acad dwg file and it works fine. Do you know what version of acad it is in? or are you not getting to choose the file? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattyt12 Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 does it lock up if you drag and drop the dwg file into the drawing space? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gelbuilding Posted April 16, 2020 Author Share Posted April 16, 2020 It's on my laptop, my desktop is fine. The dialog box doesn't come up. All other imports work except when I go to import dwg. Good idea matty. I tried what you suggested though it locks up the same CA freezes I opened x11 and works fine. Very strange. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chopsaw Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 Check task manager to see if it really is locked up. Possibly the file was last open on your desktop and the DBX is remembering a position on an external monitor that will not show on your laptop ? It has to be something really goofy like that. My forum feed went totally black the other day... Strange things do happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffwatsonhomes Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 (edited) I am using X11 and have been having the same issue. The dialog box does not even open to allow me to select a .dwg file to import. I have to hit the "esc" key to get out of the weird mode it gets in, basically locks up all of the menus etc. Any suggestions appreciated as I never had this problem in previous versions of Chief. ok... so I found the problem. You will need to reset the dialog boxes to factory settings. go to Preferences->reset options->reset dialog boxes->reset dialog sizes Edited April 21, 2020 by jeffwatsonhomes solution found 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gelbuilding Posted April 22, 2020 Author Share Posted April 22, 2020 Thanks, Jeff Perfect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arachaman Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 Thank you so much for figuring this out Jeff. I just spent so much time trying figure out why I couldn't import the .dwg file. Saved me for sure! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
013190 Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 Saved me a lot of time as well. Thanks Jeffwatsonhomes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickster Posted May 17 Share Posted May 17 On 4/21/2020 at 3:56 PM, jeffwatsonhomes said: I am using X11 and have been having the same issue. The dialog box does not even open to allow me to select a .dwg file to import. I have to hit the "esc" key to get out of the weird mode it gets in, basically locks up all of the menus etc. Any suggestions appreciated as I never had this problem in previous versions of Chief. ok... so I found the problem. You will need to reset the dialog boxes to factory settings. go to Preferences->reset options->reset dialog boxes->reset dialog sizes In X6, importing .dwg, the path is red, I guess from the last file I tried to import. I know this failed before and I fixed it, but not sure how I did it. I’m curious if the drag n drop would snap off that path? I’ll try before resetting things. If the .dxf. or .dwg is incompatible Chief will state just that. Also, X6 seems to have trouble opening some .plan, .pl1 at times. I wonder if it could be related? Ruck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickster Posted May 17 Share Posted May 17 THAT DID IT! Draging & Dropping a .dwg file snapped X6 out of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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