mc to solidworks locks solid works

[TS53]

I searched but did not find anything... so here goes.

When I import a solidworks file (file-converters-parasolid-read) it locks the file so our designer can no longer save his file.

The solidworks files are on a drive where mc has read only rights. It appears to me that mc is putting a lock bit on the solidworks file and doesn't release it. The only solution I have found is to completely exit out of mc and read my mc file back in.

Has anyone else seen this? If so.... what can I do?

Thanks for any suggestions.

[MACHINEMASTERG]

we have this problum also ive gone and loaded a differnt mc9 file then gone and got the sw file off my hard drive and reloaded that file and this seams to free up the file in sw for the enginears to work on i dont know if sw2005 will fix this we just started to use it i didnt have this problum before mcam v9 and sw 2004 ????some times ive had to exit out and come back in to free up the sw file ????or maybe X will solve this im not sure weather its a sw or mcam or a combo of both that is doing this ...anyone else have this problum

[TS53]

We thought it might be a solidworks issue, but it only happens when I import from solidworks. Engineering doesn't seem to have a problem with anything else causing these symptoms.

My 2 cents.

[htm01]

i just had the same thing happen. the solidworks guy told me to copy the file to my comp before i translate it and then just delete it.he lost a 1/2hr this morning,not too happy!

[Pete Rimkus from CNC Software Inc.]

I'd like to fix this, so I'm asking for a little clarification. Here's what I think I'm hearing...

 

If you use File/Convert/Parasolid to read a SolidWorks file into Mastercam, and you have the same part open in SW you cannot save it until you shut down Mastercam.

 

Or is it more than this?

[Brad St.]

I was of the belief that it was a windows file share issue. Even if the file is read only, Solidworks and windows recognizes that it is being accessed by someone else. I'm no guru but I have made it a practice to copy the file out to another folder and work from it. If the designer is working with the file yet why risk the chance of corrupting the file either is working with. I've had this happen from Solidworks 2001 to 2004, haven't installed 2005 yet.

[htm01]

if the file is open in solidworks and you import to mc when you go to save in sw it will not let you(sometimes working on a assy. the rest of the parts might be open too)

 

if you try to open a file in sw after import in mc it will only open as read only.

[Shawn Wentzel- Wenteq Inc]

Peter

 

My experience has been if I convert from mastercam and without closing MC try to open it in solidworks, it says the file is being read by another user and it will open a read only version.

[MattW]

I am using Mastercam direct out of solidworks 2004. I can't save the file in SW until I close MC. I can edit the file in SW, just not save. I get the following messages: "unknown error opening filepathSW file name ", click OK,and then "an unknown error occured while accessing filepathSW file name". After closing MC, the file saves fine. Since it is just me needing to do this, the workaround isn't too bad.

 

MattW

Vertex Pharmaceuticals

[Pete Rimkus from CNC Software Inc.]

Thanks for the input. We'll see what we can do.

[MACHINEMASTERG]

if they have the file open and you want to convert it into mcam cant doit