Users of these really old AutoCAD versions have literally been using them for decades and moving to a new version of AutoCAD is extremely disruptive for them. Being able to use old versions of AutoCAD on new versions of Windows restores efficient workflows and concepts.
AutoCAD versions starting back in the 90’s like R13, R14, 2000, 2000i, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007 only come as 32bit applications. Our Longbow Converter solution we can make them run like new on the latest versions of 64bit Windows.
These blocking AutoCAD setup issues are completely solved by using our Longbow Converter solution.
Some users can also run into issues where they have significant investments in 3rd party ObjectARX, LISP, VBA or VB6 applications that only run on their existing version of AutoCAD.
Our Longbow Converter solution allows them to be installed alongside these old versions of AutoCAD once again.
Users of these versions of AutoCAD are generally restricted from installing their AutoCAD with messages like
All solved by using our Longbow Converter solution…
Our users have consistently reported to us that 32bit AutoCAD is more reliable than the 64bit version, especially in the early releases (2008 to 2013ish). We think this might be because AutoCAD was originally a native 32bit program for which Autodesk ported to 64bit. It’s true, 32bit AutoCAD can’t load in DWG files larger that 2GB but we added a feature to our Longbow Converter solution that allows 32bit AutoCAD to load up to a 4GB DWG file.
In addition, being a legacy 32bit application, 32bit AutoCAD is less targeted by Windows Update making it much more reliable against those annoying updates.
Other users are impacted by severe performance issues when running their VBA code on 64bit AutoCAD. You may not even be able to run your VBA code on 64bit AutoCAD. This is because AutoCAD VBA runs in a completely separate executable (exe), away from AutoCAD on 64bit Windows, making it almost 1200 times slower than AutoCAD VBA running 32bit AutoCAD. Installing 32bit AutoCAD solves the problem and restores performance… This issue is solved by using our Longbow Converter solution.
Some users can also run into issues where they have significant investments in 3rd party ObjectARX, VBA or VB6 applications that only run on their existing 32bit version of AutoCAD.
3rd party extensions like
…solved by using our Longbow Converter solution.
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