Last post I wrote about using AutoCAD's DXB output to generate a facsimile of a paperspace layout for use in VersaCAD. This produces probably best, visually looking, equivalent. There are short comings – text is not text, but line strokes, all objects a lines, of line segments – etc. But!, it “looks right”.

 Now, if it is editable objects and text you need, here is another work around. This will give you and AutoCAD dwg file with all the ‘modelspace’ objects in tact AND reproduce the elements (e.g. titleblock, general text etc etc) that may be in the current papersapce layout. Get the AutoCAD drawing in Release 10 format!

 In my testing I saves and AutoCAD drawing in release 2000 format, the using a conversion utility (there are several of them – Google for them) I converted to R10 format. Then run ther VersaCAD translation utility to convert from AutoCAD R10 to VersaCAD 2d. What you get is the autocad modelspace information (perhaps not the most gracefully laid out)  and somewhere at it’s real world size, the paperspace drawing element.

 At this point it would be helpful to have a hardcopy of the drawing in hand. You now need to re-construct the drawing – probably  group scaling the paperspace stuff up. Group moving (or even Construct Break Fence Grouping) elements to re-compose the drawing. The end product, for the effort of some or many group operations is a reconstruction of the AutoCAD papersapce drawing WITHOUT having to actually drawing anything

 Cheers!