how to open new version SW model in SW 2016?

om singh
om singh
1 Dec, 2019 05:39 AM

i want to open SW 2018 model in SW 2016, is it possible?

1 Answer

FredSWUG
FredSWUG
Answered on 1 Dec, 2019 06:31 AM

No.
Past version don't open "future versions". There is some backwards compatibility if you tried with SW2017 service pack 5, but even that isn't very good.

You can open neutral format like step or parasolid, but you'll loose the entire feature tree.

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