solidworks 2007

[DGreeves]

I am running windows 2000 and x2. I am trying to bring in a solidworks 2007 file and I am getting the cannot find parasolid data in file. I tried to unregister and reregister dll file. Dos does not reconize regsvr32 command. I also tried using the utility to no avail. I came across someone else running 2000 and he said it would not work for him either. Are there any fixes or do I need to upgrade to xp or vista. Thanks for your help.

[Guest]

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[Pete Rimkus from CNC Software Inc.]

Since SolidWorks 2007 doesn't support Win2K, and since we rely on software from them (SwDocumentMgr.Dll) to open their parts, Mastercam cannot support import of SW2007 files on Win2K.

And (warning, warning...) there will come a day in the not-too-distant future when Mastercam itself will not run at all on Win2K.

[gcode]

If you save your SW model as a parasolid, you should be able to import the parasolid into X with no troubles

[mold100]

Is mastercam still not able to read a native solidworks file. Where I am designing / programming in my spare time here are using surfcam, all though I do not have MC and surfcam in the same catagory it reads and updates fully as solidworks model changes so that you do not have to re-export a parasolid each time you change the model, it also reads whole assemblies in. It maintians associativity very well.

[Guest]

Mastercam takes .sldprt and .sldasm files straight in.

 

It's the WIN2K issue that's a problem for this one.

[Håkan Ahlvik Nautor's SWAN]

We save all our SW files as parasolides, because they are much smaller.

[monty]

I use windows XP and X2, Still I cannot open solidworks2004 perasolid files, Talked to the local reseller, told me it is a bug, passed the file to mastercam. Still waiting for reply.

[Pete Rimkus from CNC Software Inc.]

Monty,

You cant open SolidWorks2004 "parasolid" files or SolidWorks2004 "part" files? Are we talking .X_T or .SLDPRT?

I did see a bug logged here recently that came through Bob Hill and we can't read it because it's surface data. The software provided to us by SolidWorks to access data in their part files (SWDocumentMgr.Dll) does not provide a mechanism for handling surfaces. That's all that are in these files.

If you have access to SolidWorks itself, the MastercamDirect addin will bring the surfaces over. Let me know if you get a chance to try that.