Is there a way to save work so document saves as version5?

[Nick Minall]

find out what sort of eps files he can open and use that?

Nick.

[David Glen]

There is no way to directly open a v7 file in v5.

Use export/import as Nick says, or get them to upgrade.

Any firm providing a service to the trade should be keeping up with the versions of prime software they use.

[Peter Shaw]

quote David Glen:

Any firm providing a service to the trade should be keeping up with the versions of prime software they use.

Perhaps it’s not their prime software.

More to the point Cadlink should have provided a backward Save option just like Adobe and Corel do.

[Michael Antrum]

Although it doesn’t work 100% of the time, try using the command simplify object before saving. It often will work,

Regards,

Mike

[Nicola McIntosh]

i actually have to export in signlab 5 as an ai then import into corel then export from there as an ai then import into signlab 7 fab fun doesnt take long :lol1:

nik

[Phill Fenton]

As Peter has already said – Why doesn’t Signlab allow you to save down? – This is a fairly obvious feature that should be available in software as expensive as Signlab.

Once more, other (much cheaper – yet in many ways superior) desktop publishing/sign design programs such as Corel and Adobe appear to have the edge over "so called" dedicated sign software 😕

[Rod Young]

Hi all,

• SignLab files are backwards compatible to a certain extent.
• A SignLab e61 user will be able to open a CDL file from a newer version of SignLab.
• Likewise possible for an e60 user, though they need to apply a specific patch by contacting CADlink Tech Support.
• For SignLab 5 and 4.95 (i.e., SignLab for Windows 95), there is a technical limitation that prevents opening of newer CDL versions.
• None of this was meant to be a hassle.

For that SignLab 5 screenprint user, it may be worthwhile for them to inspect the screen printing features that are in latest SignLab.

Regards,

Rod at CADlink