I downloaded the free trial, and I am sure i chose the 64 bit, but the 32 bit autodesk app in running in my background. For the first 3 days, autocad worked fine, I have now spent 5 hours trying to open and use austocad. It will open, but dings at me everytime I try and press any command and won't work. Is it possible I am running the 32 bit on my 64 bit computer? would this cause it to constantly freeze on me?
The install process does not allow 32-bit to be installed on a 64-bit system. If you had tried to install 32-bit on a 64-bit system a window would pop up noting that you do not have the correct version.
I'm wondering whether anyone in the Autodesk community has had good results running the latest (a few years old by now, I guess) version of 64-bit SCRIPTPRO with AutoCAD 2016? When I tried installing and using it (including running it with the Core Console only or the full program) I had no luck at all. It would fail every time, just trying to run a simple script that would add a few layers to a list of drawings, telling me it could not read the log file SCRIPTPRO was generating from this operation. Any ideas, anyone?
Thanks for the reply, Pendean. I assume Autoscript is not a freebie. So, you have not personally tried to make ScriptPro work or have you, since you say you prefer Autoscript? There seemed to be some suspicion in the Autodesk community that there were issues with ScriptPro, particularly when trying to make it function with some of the more recent AutoCAD releases.
I've used Autoscript in the past but for some reason it's not working for me now. I type "autoscript" at the command line and it's not recognizing it. Did something change? Anyone else having this problem?
I thought it might be that your system variable "APPAUTOLOAD" was set to "0", but that's the way mine is set and Autoscript seems to be working for me, so I guess we can eliminate that possibility. Would be interested to know if you find a solution somewhere. Did you try ScriptPro before this and find it problematic with the newer releases?
I've only used ScriptPro on older 32 bit installations. However, I've had great success using AutoScript on 64 bit installations. I've even used it with this current installation of 2016. Just not sure why it's not loading now.
I have a feeling that I have installed 32 bit version Autocad instead of 64 bit version. On my C drive I have two program files, one is normal - program files, the other is - program files(x86) which I beleave stands for 32 bit versions.
For clarification, pasting the code at the command line and hitting Enter, does not invoke the command. The command line returned "_64BIT-P" as that is the symbol that has just been loaded into memory. This only means that the symbol (the function) has been defined, and can now be invoked.
Hi ReMark, I have the 2012 3ds max version Most likely the file it has been mistakenly overridden, like you mentioned. RenderMan, I copied the code in autocad, it comes up with error - ; error: no function definition: _64BIT-P. I apologise for this
Copying and pasting the complete function loads the LISP routine into that drawing's memory, invoking the function as shown here actually makes the function 'do something'. Again, this is a routine intended to be called from within other LISP routines, so you may not be familiar with calling a function in this manor (if at all). It's really quite simple once you get the hang of it.
Hello RenderMan, no disrispect, by not working, I ment the lack of my experience I thought it is as easy as just copying in the comand line, but thank you ever so much for your time and help I will look up some tutorials
Thanks for the links I just looked up at Lees tutorials in terms of how to upload the LISP codes, I found the ready file here -code-modules/detect-autocad-type - I then entered the appload comand, navigated to this code, but nothing happened. Or maybe I am missing something.
I own a boxed (CD) version of AutoCAD 2000 which was installed on an older computer. Now I have a newer 64 bit computer and would like to use my autocad program. Is there a way to upgrade my program to the 64 bit version?
So every time you need AutoCAD you can do that inside that virtual system and you are not dependent on any operating system updates any more (with the risk that after updating it the old software does not work well any more).
Now, I read in many forums and discussions that many people have this problem, and I read too that the only solution proposed is to install the 64 bit version of Microsoft Office... I think this is impossible for thousands people, since everybody wants to use developed codes without spending months and months to rebuild every software and personalization...
If you have to make your existing code work with 64-bit AutoCAD (2014/15...), then modification/update of some sort is inevetable, depending on your choice of investment you can put into. Here are a few advices I can think of:
This approach should work if the MS Office installed is without MS Access (32). But if the MS Office includes 32-bit Access (which installs MS Access data engine 32-bit), I am not sure if it would break MS Access Data Engine 64-bit. Youd better try it with a test computer.
OK, with MS Access 64-bit Data Engine installed, now you can code data access with ADO2.x (2.8 is the latest) iin 64-bit AutoCAD VBA. I hope your code uses ADO, not DAO (not sure if it works with MS Access Data Engine, DAO is too old technology for me to touch is again in last 10 years). Id imagine your data access code may need minor update if you used ADO, at most.
However, since AutoCAD VBA is 64-bit, even your data access code works again with MS Access Data Engine 64-bit installed, it does not mean your other VBA Code in AutoCAD also works. If you have complicated UI (user forms) in your AutoCAD VBA code and used some controls/components that are 32-bit only, then your code will still not work and you must replace these controls/components with 64-bit version, which may often not available at all.
2. Moveing your data to a database server, so that you can code data access in Acad 64-bit VBA without having to depend on MS Access. For example, you can move the data portion of yoru MS Access database into SQL Server (you can use the SQL Server Expresss, whichis free). in this case, you keep your MS Access UI/Code iin MS Access as frontend application, which connect to the SQL Server database. Your MS Access application as fronend may only need very minimum modification. In fact, if your exing MS Access app has been designed well, it is supposed to be split as front and back end already.
3. Forget AutoCAD 64-bit VBA. Due to the lack of support to 64-bit VBA (not many 64-bit controls/components available as with 32-bit), keeping doing VBA development in AutoCAD may not be worth the effort. You may want to start porting AutoCAD application to its .NET API.
If it does not contain the "mso.dll" registry value, then you will need to rename or delete the value after installing the 64-bit version of the Microsoft Access Database Engine 2010 redistributable on a system with a 32-bit version of MS Office installed.
Interesting. I've run into this issue when working with .Net applications however i've had VBA connected via my 64bit ACAD 2012 to a 32bit Access office installation on the same machine and it works fine. Now i'm trying to connect my ACAD 2015 via the same references to the same database and it won't allow it. Seems like there's finally a wall between the two that didn't exist previously.
By default on 64bit operating systems AutoCAD will be 64bit too. But there are installers which can install a 32bit AutoCAD in an 64bit operating system ... and so the folder itself does not tell you anything.
I tried getenv command in 2019 but it doesn't seem to exist. Any other options for 2019? I thought I was running 64 bit, but my task manager shows some 32 bit security processes running under the application, and cad keeps hanging up every few commands. Maybe a compatibility issue?
The problem started after I installed 2021 which would just randomly completely freeze up and wouldn't even let me get to task manager to end process. I read threads that others had the same issue with no solution so I went back to use 2019 which now doesn't work, and I have to reload my profile every time I open it.
@pendean Excuse me, is there really no option to install 32-bit AutoCAD in 64-bit Windows? I tried to download AutoCAD from here, and though I have 64-bit Windows, a 32-bit version of the app was downloaded, and now I can't install it
Yes @Anonymous, it's hard to understand your problem. This thread is about the 2014 release and figuring out how many bits the system has so that the appropriate version can be downloaded. It's practically ancient history.
So I'm the one who has to solve this problem.
I installed the latest version of Acrobat Pro DC on both my machine and on a virtual machine to make sure it was not related to a bad installation/conflicts. For both I get the same error message when I want to convert : "Conversion of this file format to pdf is not supported on the 64-bit version"
Here's the step : Tools -> Create PDF -> Create (after loading a DWG files)
And i get the same error if i try to open a DWG to PDF through windows explorer or when i try to combine several DWG.
This functionality is currently unavailable as Autodesk filters component of Adobe Acrobat is not installed. Please Install this component using Adobe Acrobat installer to access this feature.
So I searched on the web to see solutions, some say that you need Autocad now, others that it just does not work anymore, others that it should work.
So I downloaded the latest version of Autocad, it didn't work.
Then I saw that PDFMaker was only compatible until Autocad 2019 (according to an official Adobe page -web-browsers-pdfmaker-applications.html)