Solidworks 2001Plus to Solidworks 2003 Upgrade
Solidworks 2001Plus to Solidworks 2003 Upgrade
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Our company is getting prepared to make the jump to SW2003. Obviously, I would wish that it would go flawlessly. Has anyone experienced this transition and could offer advice on the proper timing of such an event? Also, any issues that your company faced when going thru this transition?
Thanks a lot.
Thanks a lot.






RE: Solidworks 2001Plus to Solidworks 2003 Upgrade
You DO want to make BACKUP's of ALL your SW part, assembly, drawing files, since the switch WILL make the files no-readable with 2001, in case you need to go back.
We didn't have any major problems, but some folks have. A lot of folks do NOT care one bit for 2003, but I think it just appears to be very bad, as most people that have no problems, are not going to complain about them.
Read the Maintenance Notes on each and every SW 2003 Service Pack. Might help you if you see something that you know will cause you a problem. If it does, then you can go one SP notch lower.
Mr. Pickles
RE: Solidworks 2001Plus to Solidworks 2003 Upgrade
2) Make sure that SW03 is what you want. The best way is to test it fully with your products (backups of your products).
3) You can run SW01+ and SW03 together at the same time. This makes it easier for you to test drive SW03. I strongly suggest you do this before installing SW03 over all computers.
4) don't install using an upgrade. Do a new full install of SW03 to a new directory. Not the default directory SW tells you too. (Example: Solidworks03
Regards,
Scott Baugh, CSWP

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RE: Solidworks 2001Plus to Solidworks 2003 Upgrade
Eholmes
RE: Solidworks 2001Plus to Solidworks 2003 Upgrade
Regards,
Scott Baugh, CSWP

3DVision Technologies
http://www.3dvisiontech.com
http://www.scottjbaugh.com
FAQ731-376
When in doubt, always check the help