AutoCAD 1.4 circa 1984/85 and the Space Shuttle drawing by Autodesk founder John Walker. This is one of the earliest known DWG sample files used to show AutoCAD-86.
I captured this on a retro 286/287 that I run in my home office for geeky fun.
Update: Here is the AutoCAD 1.x sample file, one of the earliest sample files from 1984.
Download SHUTTLE.DWG (7.1K)
-Shaan
I have AutoCAD 2007LT, I am trying to create a linetype that will alternate colored dashes between blue and green. Is this possible?
I have AutoCAD 2007LT, I am trying to create a linetype that will alternate colored dashes between blue and green. Is this possible?
Hi Shaan,
Nice, John Walker is a fan of astronomy I think.
Can this file be downloaded somewhere?
Thanks
Eric,
I will post the drawing in an update to this post.
JW is definitely into astronomy.
Thank you for the comment and reading Between the Lines.
Shaan
Shaan,
Thank you for the file but when i try to open it on my AutoCAD 2021 French, there is a message who said (automatic traduction) : autocad lt cannot read obsolete format drawings
And the file won’t open.
I tried to recover the file but it doesn’t work.
Do you have an idea ?
Thanks
Eric
Yes, It doesn’t work because AutoCAD is amazing in that it can read most file formats back to 1985 with 2.1x, but not prior which this original is from AutoCAD 1.x.
I will post a converted one in the near fuuture.
Shaan
Thank you Shaan,
I didn’t know that AutoCAD can’t open files in format 1.x.
Thank you for this clarification.
Have a nice day.
Eric
Shaan,
For my personal culture, do you know since which version, AutoCAD can no longer open files in 1.x format?
Thanks
Eric
Oh, wooooooow.
Do you have the Daedalus spacecraft DWG file from AutoCAD 14?
I believe since an early release, perhaps 2.x but not certain. I will try in 2.18 this week.
Hrmmm Daedaulus spacecraft sample in R14?
What I have as sample drawings in R14 are:
azimuth
bflyhse
bflylogo
bftitle
campus
chevy
colorwh
downtown
framing
jblake
milano02
opera
pipes
r300-20
r300-20
tablet14
tower
truetype
watch
HA! Cut my AutroCAD teeth on ver 1.2, remember this sample, still have that version in my archives. Good ol’ days !
As Shaan posteed, that is not a sample file in Rel. 14, US version. Not sure I have seen ti either.