solidworks file compression
solidworks file compression
(OP)
Do you know if you compress a solidworks file , it's possible to lose some data ?!
It's really to interesting .. but it's an act.
In some cases you will lose the shadow information of parts.
It's really to interesting .. but it's an act.
In some cases you will lose the shadow information of parts.






RE: solidworks file compression
RE: solidworks file compression
As PDMAdmin is asking, are you using WinZIP or some other file compression utility like ECOsqueeze or DeFrag?
Ray Reynolds
"Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons."
Popular Mechanics, forecasting the relentless march of science, 1949
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RE: solidworks file compression
STOP
READ THIS FIRST
SolidWorks 2004
Service Pack 4
Do not use any application that modifies SolidWorks files in an attempt to reduce their size. Several file compression utilities are available that modify SolidWorks model files. These applications typically remove the file "shadow," but some applications might remove more. Using these file compression utilities can cause file corruption. SolidWorks does not support or endorse the use of any such file compression utilities.
Best regard
RE: solidworks file compression
This is all alarmist squealing without any real documentation to back it up.
I think now would be a good time to put out a bounty for true firsthand accounts of files corrupted by EcoSqueeze.
http://www.EsoxRepublic.com
RE: solidworks file compression
Where did you get SP4 ??
RE: solidworks file compression
Ray Reynolds
"Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons."
Popular Mechanics, forecasting the relentless march of science, 1949
Have you read FAQ731-376 to make the best use of Eng-Tips Forums?
RE: solidworks file compression
RE: solidworks file compression
RE: solidworks file compression
So SW says - If you use it "It's a use at your own risk" If it corrupts a file they are not responsible for that files corruption. Which is fair, because SW didn't write the program.
ctopher,
SP4 is out on early visibility. Maybe he has SP4 already and is using it. I don't install Early SP unless I need too or have too. Because if something has to change in the SP while it's in Early Visibility. I would have to reinstall SW before I could use the fixed SP.
Regards,
Scott Baugh, CSWP

http://www.3dvisiontech.com
http://www.scottjbaugh.com
FAQ731-376
RE: solidworks file compression
RE: solidworks file compression
SWscience, what you read reffers to this kind of programs, Unfrag, Defrag or Ecosqueeze, and not to common compression programs like Winzip.
RE: solidworks file compression
RE: solidworks file compression
netshop21,
I don't think Unfrag is going to help you out on SW04 files. I tried it on a file from SW04 and it didn't make a difference. EcoSqueeze did though.
Regards,
Scott Baugh, CSWP

http://www.3dvisiontech.com
http://www.scottjbaugh.com
FAQ731-376
RE: solidworks file compression
RE: solidworks file compression
I've been using Unfrag with Sw04 files and it works fine!
Some minutes ago, I unfraged a project that I am working on: before unfrag 90MB; after unfrag 49MB.
After some years using Unfrag, never detected a corrupted file! (I am knoking on wood!)
Regards
RE: solidworks file compression