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"CAD file could not be read" error message

​See attached pic. Anyone ever seen this message before? How can I fix it? Operator said the program was running fine today and all of a sudden this happens. I was wondering if I can try and restore the CAD file from an earlier version (like yesterday) and then try it. Any ideas?
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  • I had another program yesterday screw up with more CAD issues. The operator ran a couple parts with the existing program and then suddenly he got the same error message as above "CAD file could not be read. Attempted to access an unnamed file past its end." Our server system does file backups twice a day, so I tried to restore the program from the day before, got the same error. Then I tried to restore just the CAD file from the day before, a week before, a few months ago, and got the same problem. Kept getting the same error message. The only way I saved it is that we have a similar program that was basically the same program originally, we just added some more code and then saved it under a different program name. I snagged the CAD file from that program and renamed it to match the one with the problem and it fixed it.

    So that leads me to two questions. One, how and why are these CAD files getting corrupted and how can I prevent this from happening in the future? Two, if this happens again and I can't fix the CAD file, can I just delete it? I mean, will most programs run or function okay without the CAD model?
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  • I had another program yesterday screw up with more CAD issues. The operator ran a couple parts with the existing program and then suddenly he got the same error message as above "CAD file could not be read. Attempted to access an unnamed file past its end." Our server system does file backups twice a day, so I tried to restore the program from the day before, got the same error. Then I tried to restore just the CAD file from the day before, a week before, a few months ago, and got the same problem. Kept getting the same error message. The only way I saved it is that we have a similar program that was basically the same program originally, we just added some more code and then saved it under a different program name. I snagged the CAD file from that program and renamed it to match the one with the problem and it fixed it.

    So that leads me to two questions. One, how and why are these CAD files getting corrupted and how can I prevent this from happening in the future? Two, if this happens again and I can't fix the CAD file, can I just delete it? I mean, will most programs run or function okay without the CAD model?
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