Covadis 16 includes a “Migration Wizard” for files from versions 13-15. Marc had skipped it, assuming newer AutoCAD would brute-force compatibility. It doesn’t work that way. The wizard doesn’t just open the file; it decompiles old Covadis primitives and recompiles them into Covadis 16’s native schema. This is mandatory, not optional.
Covadis 16’s compatibility with AutoCAD is not a switch; it’s a protocol. You can run it on AutoCAD 2024 smoothly—if you respect the migration path. But ignore the wizard, mix proxy graphics with native objects, or open a file in the wrong AutoCAD release, and your intelligent survey data becomes nothing more than colored lines on a ghost layer. covadis 16 compatibilite autocad
The collapse on Avenue Victor Hugo was repaired the next day. The cause? A forgotten 2018 utility trench, poorly backfilled. The data had been there all along—frozen, silent, incompatible. Covadis 16 includes a “Migration Wizard” for files
Lena now has a sticky note on her monitor: “Covadis 16 is backwards compatible. Your workflow is not.” The wizard doesn’t just open the file; it