What? Sworks 2007 cannot be saved to a previous version?
What? Sworks 2007 cannot be saved to a previous version?
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My customer requested that I send him sworks drawings in 2006 format, since he could not open the 2007 drawings(he has 2006). I was suprised to find out that I could not simply "save as" to a previous sworks version. Is there another way around this?






RE: What? Sworks 2007 cannot be saved to a previous version?
RE: What? Sworks 2007 cannot be saved to a previous version?
You can have multiple versions of SW installed on your computer and use whichever version for your slow-to-upgrade customers.
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I think the best approach is what CBL said. Install several different versions of SW and use whichever the client is using. As they upgrade, you can then open old files in the newer version and they'll be automatically be upconverted. On one project, this is the only way we could deal with one of our vendors until they got on the ball and upgraded to match us.
RE: What? Sworks 2007 cannot be saved to a previous version?
RE: What? Sworks 2007 cannot be saved to a previous version?
RE: What? Sworks 2007 cannot be saved to a previous version?
RE: What? Sworks 2007 cannot be saved to a previous version?
Unless you are specifically being paid to produce editable models, I would suggest that you would want to provide only dumb models and drawings anyway.
You can install 2006 on your system, then in 2007, save the models as IGES, then open them in 2006 and save in 2006 format. This way, you can protect your work (and keep yourself necessary) and still provide to them what they asked.
As for drawings, you can save them as DXF in 2007 and open them in 2006, and save in that format. But this will be ugly, and of almost no use beyond the actual info on the drawing. It would be better to send them PDF's or eDrawings.
Best bet for customer specific designs is to work within the format they need from the start. I know this isn't always practical though.
Matt
CAD Engineer/ECN Analyst
Silicon Valley, CA
http://sw.fcsuper.com/index.php
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Jeff Mirisola, CSWP
CAD Administrator
SW '07 SP2.0, Dell M90, Intel 2 Duo Core, 2GB RAM, nVidia 2500M
http://designsmarter.typepad.com/jeffs_blog
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thanks guys...
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I just got upgraded to SW2007. I am now wondering how our sheet metal vendors are going to read our stuff.
There are non-design uses for the SW model.
JHG
RE: What? Sworks 2007 cannot be saved to a previous version?
Are you asking a question of me? If a vendor needs to see your files and they don't have 2007 (but have a previous version), save the models as parasolids.
Matt
CAD Engineer/ECN Analyst
Silicon Valley, CA
http://sw.fcsuper.com/index.php
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Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
Reason trumps all. And awe transcends reason.
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FYI to all...eDrawings make a quick and easy file for viewing both model and drawing. Make sure to publish with the html option...it embeds the necessary files to open and view the model and drawing. Or you can give your costumer the link to download SW Viewer or eDrawing viewer.
I agree with dogarila...use Parasolid when exchanging from SolidWorks07 to SolidWorks06. Iges is a good alternative for other formats. SolidWorks has never been backwards compatible...or at least since 2003 when I started using it. You really wouldn't want to try to make it work backwards either. I would hazard to guess some of the modeling features would not work, show properly or just be fubared for any good use.
Edson Gebo
Mechanical Designer/Drafter
SW2007 SP2.0
Cadra 2006 (yup 2D still exists)
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RE: What? Sworks 2007 cannot be saved to a previous version?
Call your service provider. They can provide you with a specific license code for "home use."
RE: What? Sworks 2007 cannot be saved to a previous version?
Or am I missing something?
TJ McDermott
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Chris
SolidWorks 06 5.1/PDMWorks 06
AutoCAD 06
ctopher's home (updated 01-18-07)
RE: What? Sworks 2007 cannot be saved to a previous version?
aroundhere indicated on post dated Jan 22 that working at home was not possible since he only has v2004. You can get a "home use" license code from SolidWorks for 2007. This is a different serial number from the copy you have installed at work.
On installing several versions:
Installing several versions is not as straight-forward as one would think it should be.
Installing a new version in a different folder will not ensure all of your file locations are accurate for the new install. If you look under tools, options, File locations, all of htese paths need to be changed to point at the new install location. Toolbox also needs to be installed in a separate location to avoid "upgrade". One good thing though, SolidWorks has a Copy Settings Wizard which, once you update the paths once, you can transfer the paths to other computers.