Questions about saveing down in Solidworks

[cadnutcase]

Okay,

I have evaluated inventor and Solidworks, and might I add solidworks blew them out of the water. I am curious, the solidworks reseller mentioned that solidworks is not backward compatiable. For instance no save down feature.
Any comments from you guys.

I do have to say that I am super excited about this move.


Thanks for the info.

 

[ctopher]

no, you can not save "down". You can save as an eDrawing and send for viewing, measuring, marking-up, etc, but not editing. I don't know if SolidWorks have plans in the future for backwards capability.

Chris
Sr. Mechanical Designer, CAD
SolidWorks 05 SP2.0 / PDMWorks 05
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[J-C]

He is correct, no save as previous verion. Of course neither does Inventor, UG, or Solidedge for that matter.

Jason Capriotti
Smith & Nephew, Inc.

 

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[SolidsMaster]

forward is a nice direction, you could always spit out a surface file and read it back. Not to mention there is a nice conversion utility so you convert files automatically while making copies to keep in the older version, all done for you. You'll love it.

John