Hi everyone, new guy with his first question.

[CNCOS]

I am using Mastercam 2021 and Solidworks 2021 and I can't seem to load Solidworks part

files from Solidworks 2021, I can load older versions but not 2021. Am i doing something wrong?

Thanks

[AHarrison1]

No you are not doing anything wrong.

I would guess that Solidworks 2021 was released after Mcam2021 so translators are not updated at time of release.

They may have been updated with that versions last update (Update 3 for 2021).

This has generally been the case for most of the recent releases.

Save your part out of Solidworks as A Parasolid and then bring into Mcam.

Or update your version of Mcam. 

 

P.S. Welcome to the forum!!

[AHarrison1]

It looks like Update 3 updated the translator

https://www.mastercam.com/support/technical-support/translators/version/2021/

Check your Mcam version #, with Mcam open press alt+v

If you have maintenance, upgrade your version here

https://my.mastercam.com/hubs/downloads/

[CNCOS]

Thank you for your help!! I will get the update, much appreciated!!

[nickbe10]

The quick way around this is to do all your file transfers as parasolids.

Bulletproof. As long as you are not hopelessly out of date.

[JParis]

45 minutes ago, nickbe10 said:

The quick way around this is to do all your file transfers as parasolids.

Bulletproof. As long as you are not hopelessly out of date.

You can still get bit if the parasolid version SOlidworks defaults out as, is beyond what Mastercam can open..you may need to save out as an older version...

IMNSHO staying native is always the best way if you can 

[Matthew Hajicek - Singularity]

7 hours ago, nickbe10 said:

The quick way around this is to do all your file transfers as parasolids.

Bulletproof. As long as you are not hopelessly out of date.

This.  It also creates a record of exactly what you imported and when.  Working off of native Solidworks files in a product development company, I often had the problem that Part X Rev Y could exist in several different versions in different folders, as different people worked on it and emailed it around.  Since going off on my own, I've also had clients email me revision changes without changing the revision number or file name.