Plotmaker file invalid?

Anonymous · ‎2005-07-13

My lbk will no longer open. I can't even open the bbk. I threw away all the plotmaker prefs but still no luck.

I can open my other lbk files so I assume that one file is corrupt. But why the bbk also???

What can I do?

Of course I was going to print this project for submittal tomorrow!!!

Greg Kmethy · ‎2005-07-13

Jeff,

Try to create a new LBK, and import layouts one by one from the corrupt file into the new one. You might be able to import some/most of the layouts, altough some layouts will probably give the same error message.
It is a good idea to first open a similar LBK (with same masters, titles, etc.), and then open a new file with those settings loaded.

Gergely Kmethy
VP, Customer Success, Graphisoft

Anonymous · ‎2005-07-13

I opened a new layout book, selected FILE>IMPORT then browsed to the corrupt file and clicked open, but nothing happens. The "Import Layout From..." dialog box never opens.

Greg Kmethy · ‎2005-07-14

Your file is probably not salvageable. This error message indicates that the structure of the file is not a PlotMaker file. e.g. if you rename any file to .LBK, then try to open that, you will get this error message.

Gergely Kmethy
VP, Customer Success, Graphisoft

Anonymous · ‎2005-07-21

Have you tried opening your .lbk on another platform? I.E. windows?

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