X7 Cannot find Parasolid data in Solidworks file error

[Bill H]

X7 MU2 and SW2015.  "Cannot find the parasolid" error continues after running the download.  What's the fix?

 

[Guest]

X7 cannot read SW2015 files

 

Save it out as a format you can read into X7

 

X8 has a patch coming soon to read SW2015

[Patriot]

I run the SWDocumentMgr file as administrator as directed and get this popup.

 

After clicking enter, I get another "Press any key to continue." Once I do that, the batch file closes.

 

I try to open a Sldprt file once again, but get the same error "Cannot find Parasolid...."

 

 

What gives? Any solutions?

[Guest]

What version of SOlidworks files are you trying to open?

 

I am "assuming" you're using X7 as this was posted in an X7 thread

[Patriot]

SW2014 and yes X7. however, I'm having the same issues with X8 as well.

[Redfire427]

I had this issue last week too. Our IT guy looked at it and found that we could only make the registry "stick" with one version or the other, but not both. As we are currently using X8, he set the registry and it is working fine now,

 

Carmen

[Patriot]

Ok, so it's an IT issue?

 

So what was happening was, as of yesterday and this morning, I only had X7. I was planning on updating to X8 today.

 

I tried running that batch file and it didn't fix it yesterday, nor today.

 

So I gave up for a few minutes today and updated to X8, partially wondering if it would be fixed on this computer. The update went perfect, except I still can't open SLDPRT files.

 

Do I not have all the right administrative privilages?

[Patriot]

Maybe I'm not getting the full batch file?

 

It says it's 1kb.. Is that correct?

[RyeGuy910]

Resurrecting this topic. Getting the same parasolid error. Using X7 trying to open Solidworks 2016 files. This was working 2 weeks ago but decided not to this week. On a fresh install of the most up to date X7 currently, already ran the .exe on the first page and still getting the error. Any new solutions?

[gcode]

Are you sure you were opening SW2016 sldprt files in X7

X7 was released in 2013 and uses the V25 parasolid kernel.

SW2016 uses the V28 version parasolid kernel..

Its a 3 year newer version. I'd be really surprised if X7 can open SW2016 solidowks files

You can export them as X_B though and set the export version to V25 on the SW export options page.

X7 can open those with no trouble