How can I open old .DC3 files that are dated 1987?
M1 – A: The answer comes from Paul Nida, of Dallas, Texas: When Microtecture (a previous owner of the DataCAD program) came out with version 3.5 they changed the drawing database from and you were required to convert older files. Version 3.5b update shipped with a file called “CONVERT.EXE” to convert those files. The command was “convert filename.dc3”. You could also convert multiple files using “convert *.dc3”. If you still have a copy of this file, you could try it to see if this works. But it might be best to try it on a copy just in case. N.
