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Convert Generic cad.gcd to AuotCAD 2004 dwg or dxf?

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(@paul-in-pa)
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Helping another surveyor to redo an old small survey. Years ago I helped in his office and he was still using Simplicity software and Generic CADD. I enjoyed the 2 letter commands. He eventually switched to Carlson but never updated his archived files. He has not had his old computer with GC on in years but it still sits there and he won't let me touch it?

Anyone still able to convert it?

Paul in PA

 
Posted : July 8, 2016 8:32 am
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Paul in PA, post: 380441, member: 236 wrote: Helping another surveyor to redo an old small survey. Years ago I helped in his office and he was still using Simplicity software and Generic CADD. I enjoyed the 2 letter commands. He eventually switched to Carlson but never updated his archived files. He has not had his old computer with GC on in years but it still sits there and he won't let me touch it?

Anyone still able to convert it?

Paul in PA

What do you want to do? I still use my Generic Cadd and Survey 4.0 to play around with plotting and cogo calc's. Give me more details regarding what you are attempting to accomplish.

 
Posted : July 8, 2016 9:55 am
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Paul in PA, post: 380441, member: 236 wrote: Helping another surveyor to redo an old small survey. Years ago I helped in his office and he was still using Simplicity software and Generic CADD. I enjoyed the 2 letter commands. He eventually switched to Carlson but never updated his archived files. He has not had his old computer with GC on in years but it still sits there and he won't let me touch it?

Anyone still able to convert it?

Paul in PA

send me the files he needs converted and I can do a batch convert. if only a few e-mail if a lot send them on a stick
Jim

 
Posted : July 8, 2016 3:27 pm
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Thanks to Charles and James.

Paul in PA

 
Posted : July 10, 2016 3:42 am
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Somewhere in the Generic Cadd 6 menu's there is a "converter" that will change a .gcd to a .dwg. I fooled around with it a few times but could never get the line weights to display correctly. It might be worth a try.

 
Posted : July 10, 2016 4:00 am
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This is not a convert as such but is a means to turn out the plat. Make the entire plat into a Block, I forget the term in Generic Cad, save it, export the coordinate file, import the coordinate file in Autocad, then import the Block set an endpoint on a coordinate and explode.

 
Posted : July 10, 2016 7:15 am