Catia V5R15 to Catia V5R11 Translation

[robcp]

Hello,
I have a product file built in Catia V5R15. How can I save this file as a Catia V5R11 file?

 

[Slaen]

If you build a part in r15 and try to open in r11 you will have data loss that is unavoidable because Catia is not backwards compatible. I mean you can try it. But to my knowledge it won't work.

 

[robcp]

Thank you Slaen.
Can I you Tools/ Utility/ DownwardCompatibility to translate the file as a R11 data?

 

[solid7]

That's what you must do. You cannot open it any other way, except to export it as IGES, or STEP, if you have the license. (and then open it in the lower version)

Good luck.

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[robcp]

I have never used this utility.
Please let me know the steps that I should follow to translate the file from R15 to R11?
Thank you for your help.

 

[DBezaire]

robcp -

Tools - Utility - Downward Compatibility

It will only translate the PartBody, which will end up as a dumb solid.

Regards,
Derek

 

[solid7]

To add to what Derek said - you cannot do anything to retain history from a newer version back to an older. If you need history, you'll have to re-create the part in the older version.

The steps for using the Downward Compatible Utility are in the online documentation. You should look it up first, and ask specific questions if you still need help after that.

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[robcp]

Thank you for all the answers.