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Saving from 2007 to 2006

Saving from 2007 to 2006

Saving from 2007 to 2006

(OP)
I'm sure this has been answered several times, but the search engine isn't working and this is time sensitive.

Is there any way, without redesigning the whole assembly, to save version 2007 to 2006?

Thanks,

pesoa

RE: Saving from 2007 to 2006

There is no way to save it back and retain feature information. Best you can do is save it to parasolid format, then open that in 2006.

Jason

UG NX2.02.2 on Win2000 SP3
UG NX4.01.0 on Win2000 SP3
SolidWorks 2007 SP3.1 on WinXP SP2

RE: Saving from 2007 to 2006

Parasolid is best, like Jason said--but you will lose your features.  One nice thing is that you can save an assembly to a single (compact) parasolid format.  When you open it again, put it in its own directory.  SolidWorks will then regenerate each part of the assembly like it was originally (only without your feature tree info--just dumb solids).

Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
Reason trumps all.  And awe transcends reason.

RE: Saving from 2007 to 2006

(OP)
That's what I figured.  That doesn't help with my drawings.

RE: Saving from 2007 to 2006

Drawings--do you need to edit them or only view/print them?  If editing isn't totally necessary, you can save to PDF format (or DXF or DWG).  (You probably already knew that.)

Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
Reason trumps all.  And awe transcends reason.

RE: Saving from 2007 to 2006

A lot of software will not allow you to save backwards.
ACAD allows it becasue there are so many users that have various versions, there was a need for them.

Chris
SolidWorks 07 3.0/PDMWorks 07
AutoCAD 06
ctopher's home (updated 04-08-07)

RE: Saving from 2007 to 2006

How about trying this:  In 2007 save the part as a Pro/E*.prt............then try to bring that back into 2006.  Just a thought

Heckler
Sr. Mechanical Engineer
SWx 2007 SP 3.0 & Pro/E 2001
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RE: Saving from 2007 to 2006

(OP)
Thanks for that tip and all the others.

Turns out that the configuration manager of the companny where I am submitting a design blew a gasket when he found out that I was using 2007. He is only at 2006. I went into a panic, but fortunately for me the politics were on my side.

Pesoa

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