SW 2006 and 2005

Hi,

The problem I have is that I work on SW2006 and have SW2005 at home. I know
that 2005 cant read 2006 files.

Are there any ways that I can read a 2006 model with my 2005 version.

I know if I convert them to iges or step. But I want to continue to edit the
model. So editing the designtree is crucial.

 

Easiest route would be to load 2006 at home

Kev

 

Wish I had a nickel for every time that question was asked.

I'll bet this is the number one enhancement request .

 

Nope.

WT

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Yep. Asked alot. Should have been implemented a long time ago. I
know SolidWorks is alot more complicated than Excel or Word, but at
least an older version of Excel/Word allows you to open newer files.
If the document has a feature that is not supported by the older
version, then it should tell you its not possible to open. SolidWorks
doesnt even try to do this. If I make a simple flat sheetmetal part
with 1 hole in it, why cant I open it in an older version. Im not
using any fancy features.

If anything, it should at least give you the option to convert it to a
solid or other file format (When openinig the file)

 

None of the parametric solid modelers will let you save to an older
version. The only solid modeler that would let you open newer files into
an older version was Cadkey but it would strip out the solids
information and leave you with wireframe.

All the others just tell you its from a newer version and can't be opened.

 

Barenboym tried to market a product that did just that. They had a
test version that worked for simple features (read later files into an
earlier version). Nothing seemed to happen with it, whether there just
wasn't any financial momentum behind the idea or it was bought off by
SW Corp and killed. If people aren't willing to buy support and
upgrades, why would they buy software to do an incomplete job of
working around the issue? This is, after all, a marketing requirement
and not a technical limitation as SW insists. If they wanted to do it,
I'm sure there would be no barrier.

For me and my business, staying on top of things is a differentiator.
I welcome the business that people stuck on 2004 send my way.


Matt

 

I wonder how an older version of excel will handle opening an excel
2007 file that has data in extra columns that it now has. Excel now is
limited to like 256 columns...Excel 2007 is suppoosed to increase that
to around 1600. Will it strip it off with a warning? Or just fail to
open that file?

I'd think that the best we might see in the future is possibly just the
option to save it back to an older version but with no features. Kind
of like exporting a parasolid, then reimporting, just fewer steps.

I don't think people realize the programming effort this requires.
Imagine all the things a save back function would have to check for.
Features that didn't exist, options on existing features that didn't
exist, etc.

I think a save back option would be way less than perfect, and be such
a headache to users that they wouldn't bother with it. Solidworks would
be bombarded with calls about how it doesn't work.

Hell, I get errors on models that get converted to the new
version...imagine the nightmare of it saving back.