SWX 2007 and 3D PDF

FYI, When saving a model as a .u3d file for importing into acrobat 3D,
Solidworks saves the file as a .U3D file. To get the 3D to import you have
to redo the extension to .u3d(lowercase letters) then it functions normally.

Mike

 

Unbelievable.

Something as basic as case sensitivity for a file suffix is still a
problem. <rolling eyes>

 

Actually, I think this is more of a problem with Acrobat 3D, not SWX.
The Windows operating system is case _insensitive_, and any sensitivity
showing up is, as far as I know, at the application level.

Dave

 

This is something that SHOULD have been caught in Beta Testing.

The point is that SW has the option to save in this format.
The file should be 100% correct for the requirements of the application.

The onus is on SolidWorks.

 

SWX has plenty of strikes against them, but I really don't think this is
one of them. ALL CAPS, all lower case or A MiX of PunCTuatION makes no
difference in windows. If Acrobat can't open the file, it's Adobe's
problem, not SWX.

 

Your logic is flawed.

SolidWorks created the file.
The file doesn't work as created.

It should be created per the requirements of the application it is to be
used by.

Repeating how Windows handles the file is completely irrelevant.

 

Regardless of who is at fault, Windows in general is all too often
inconsistently consistent in a lot of interface items, because top
managers at MS appear to not be too interested in maintaining a
consistent user experience.

Perhaps they are so powerful being senior managers...that they no
longer use computers themselves at their own keyboards?

I have to use MS products, but I don't have to like them or respect
them, and I don't. I wish I did, because I want to work faster with
fewer problems.

Bo

 

Why then is it required that Pro E files have no spaces in them. SW adds
the _ for any place that requires a space. It's stupid that the file
names have to be case sensative so you can blame it on BOTH SW and
ADOBE. Adobe for making it case sensative and SW for not following the
Adobe file naming like they do with Pro E

 

Adobe may run on UNIX which is (usually; depends) case-sensitive.
I'd check the Adobe install options & docs. Might be an environment
variable or something ...
Or MS could fix their product <G>.

 

It does to SolidWorks though, Just last week, I found out that in
SolidWorks 2006 SP4.1 there is a known bug with extensions not being in
lower case. These were the Drawing format templates. They must be in
lower case for some reason.

 

FYI, There has been a SPR issued on this little glitch.

Mike