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Solidworks Parasolid Error, but not what you think...


Corey Hampshire
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Hey guys,

Here at work we are updating Solidworks across multiple seats. We use solid models for Mastercam use. I can import a Solid model with no issues.

Engineering would like to cut down on the number of models they save on the server. Inside their files they can make a part from raw stock to the finished part and save multiple configurations.

When I import a model, I can only import the latest that they have saved the part as. I cannot open an alternate configuration even though Mastercam shows me the other configurations in the " Select  the desired Solidworks Cofiguration" dialog box. When I attempt to open any other way, I get the "Cannot find Parasolid data in Solidworks file" error that we all know and love.

My question, is there a way around this other than saving multiple models of the same part? I have registered the .dll with success and that had no effect. Anyone deal with this in the past and have a solution for me? Using Mastercam 2019 if it matters.

Thanks in advance!

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11 minutes ago, Corey Hampshire said:

Was it something that used to work but doesn't now? I get the dialog box that allows you to select a different config, but then I get the error. I wasn't sure if they could save the file different in Solidworks or anything like that. I am Solidworks dumb...

It did, yes...

A configuration may not come in if the Solidworks file does not have it rebuilt properly.

That's something that has to be done within Solidworks

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There is an option in solidworks that fixes this issue, we use a lot of parts that have configurations and ran into this problem as well.  Go to the configurations tab, right click any configuration and select Add Rebuild on Save Mark.  Once that little floppy disk symbol is on every configuration you will never run into this problem again.

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