Nastran In-CAD 2018.1 and SolidWorks 2017

Nastran In-CAD 2018.1 and SolidWorks 2017

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Nastran In-CAD 2018.1 and SolidWorks 2017

PierreMalouf8976
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I recently transferred my technical support contract for Simulation Mechanical to a subscription for the design suite offered by Autodesk.

 

I installed Nastran In-CAD 2018.1 and it does not appear to work with SolidWorks 2017. Previously NIC 2018 did work with SolidWorks 2017, now it appears not to be the case.

 

What is happening? and what options are available for me to use the NIC 2018.1 which I paid for?

 

Regards,

 

Pierre Malouf

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John_Holtz
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Hi Pierre,

 

Sorry for the confusion. I thought there was a "sticky" post that described this, but I see there is not one. (A "sticky" post is one that stays at the top of page 1. I will create one that links to the relevant article.)

 

The short answer is that In-CAD 2018.0 is the last version that will work with SolidWorks. The long answer is described in the article "Important Information for SOLIDWORKS Customers using Autodesk Nastran In-CAD".

 

But as explained in the article, you can use Inventor (part of the collection) to read the SolidWorks model and use the latest version of In-CAD. Here is the text from the article that describes that functionality:

 

Can I continue using SOLIDWORKS for modeling and use Inventor/Nastran In-CAD for simulation?

Yes.  Inventor 2016 and later versions include an import technology called AnyCAD that allows you to reference SolidWorks parts or assemblies into Inventor. Unlike a traditional translation these references are associative. Whenever the SolidWorks file changes, the updates are accounted for inside Inventor and allow simulations to be re-run within Nastran In-CAD.  See this page for more on AnyCAD.



John Holtz, P.E.

Global Product Support
Autodesk, Inc.


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So much for assurances that Solidworks would be supported that I was personally given when Autodesk took over from Nei.

 

 I'm seriously pissed about this - more so because I just asked my reseller if the Solidworks addin was part of manufacturing collection for changing to subscription and they "yes".

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