Solidworks 2007 - 2005 Transfer Work

[Guest discowalsh]

hi all, I have been using solidworks 2007 at home and I've done a lot of work of my major project but solidworks in my college is only 2005 and it wont let me open the work. is there any way I can transfer the work I have done in the new version to the old one, I'm really stuck so any help would be great.

thanks

mark

[Guest pencil]

i dont know if this is the best way but;

 

i would export as a single file .iges as from what i can remember most of the hierachy is preserved into 2005

[parel 2]

Parasolid is the best way to transfer geometry within versions of Solidworks as this is the modeling kernel. It creates the best file sizes too. But there is no way to retroactively transfer design history. Perhaps your school version might have some feature recognition but this is usually not worth the effort.

[Guest discowalsh]

Like, I feel kinda stupid cos I dont have a clue what you just said, thanks for you help though. My friend said there is nothing I can do except do it again in 2005, but that's not an option. Cheers anyways lads

[Guest JD Mather]

My friend said there is nothing I can do... ...except do it again in 2005, but that's not an option.

 

File Save As and click on the down arrow next to the box Save as type: and select Parasolid (*.x_.

At school do File Open and select the file type (*.x_

 

If anyone else is using an Student or Personal Learning edition of SWX can you check and see if it allows saving in neutral file formats. Seems to me I have seen that as a limitation in these versions but I just checked in my Academic version and I can save in neutral file formats.