If you plan on exporting using a step file format the Solid/ Surface geometry will need to be toggled on. We recommend the parasolid format rather than step because it is native to the kernel of SOLIDWORKS so there is no fidelity lost because there is no translation.ġ) Open the part or assembly within SOLIDWORKS that you wish to export.Ģ) Verify within your system options that the file will export properly. This workaround can be done with both part and assembly files. Because of this, it is possible to export your file as a parasolid and then import it back into a previous years version of SOLIDWORKS. x_t (parasolid) files as a neutral 3rd party file. So what can you do if you need to send the file to someone using 2 or 3 year older version of SOLIDWORKS? The best route is to send a parasolid. See this help article for it's capabilities. This is only available in the sp5 version of each year and it has limited functionality. That means you can open a 2020 part or assembly in 2019sp5 or a 2021 file in 2020sp5. In 2014 sp5 SOLIDWORKS introduced a way to open parts and assemblies in a read-only state 1 version previous to the version it was saved in. SOLIDWORKS is backward compatible, (meaning you can open a 2017 file in SOLIDWORKS 2018) but is limited in forward compatibility (opening a 2018 file in 2017). SOLIDWORKS 2018 on Windows 8.With each new year version of SOLIDWORKS, the chance that you will need to send a file to a user or customer that uses a previous year's version grows.Apple Macintosh® based machines running Windows using Boot Camp are not supported.Microsoft Office ‘Click-To-Run’ feature is supported for SOLIDWORKS 2017 and later.Windows Home Editions and Windows To Go are not supported.Windows Server operating system support applies to Standard and Enterprise editions only.SolidWorks recommends using a Windows Server operating system for all SOLIDWORKS server-based products.SolidWorks recommends using the latest Microsoft Service Pack of Windows, Office and Internet Explorer.SOLIDWORKS Product Support Lifecycle defines the End Of Support for SOLIDWORKS versions.SOLIDWORKS releases after the EOL are not supported for the said Microsoft product and SOLIDWORKS installation is blocked in the case of an operating system. End Of Life (EOL) corresponds to the last SOLIDWORKS release where a Microsoft product is supported (This is synchronized with the Microsoft Mainstream Support End Date).

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