Solidworks 2020

[bhorstTGM48]

I am wondering if Featurecam can import Solidworks 2020 files yet? 

[cr-cam01]

2020.2.1 VERSION NOT YET

[bhorstTGM48]

Does anyone know if this is working yet?

[cr-cam01]

NOT YET..THE PROBLEM IS THAT SOLIDWORKS IS MORE UPDATED THAN FC

[bhorstTGM48]

Disappointing... Its almost 3 months since the first release of SolidWorks 2020. 

[cr-cam01]

and already updated to the 2020.1 release..

[kelbie.ockey · Accepted solution]

Just seeing this... It looks like this was implemented in 2020.2.2, so any version since then should do the trick.

Just as a bit of background info....this happens every year for every software company that isn't Dassault that works with SW data. Each year they have their annual release that includes making that year's part files proprietary. They then distribute that to all other companies, including us. Then we implement, it goes through QC.... and so on until it's released publically. Unfortunately, this is just how it is every year. There's generally a similar gap to the one you saw this year, give or take.

During that annual interim, I always recommend just outputting Parasolid files (.x_t) on the SW end. In general, these are actually preferable for FC anyways, as FC is built off of the Parasolid kernel. I never run into issues of any kind with Parasolid files. The only functionality that should be lost is the hole recognition bonuses you get with Inventor and SW files, but I'm not sure how many people take advantage of that anyways... I admittedly do not.

That's probably way more info than any of you wanted, but hopefully, it's illuminating for you. Let me know if you have any questions.

TL;DR: Update to FC 2020.2.2 or newer.

[Anonymous]

Thank you for the informative execution of you.
Sincerely yours
Mathias Beyer

Danke, für die informative Ausführung von Ihnen.
Mit freundlichen Grüßen
Mathias Beyer

[bhorstTGM48]

Thanks for the feedback, I do understand the process. What I struggle with is it is never clear when the integration has been implemented with FeatureCam. 

[kelbie.ockey · Accepted solution]

Yeah, I apologize for that. I think in this instance, the specific release note pertaining to this was "Update to ATF version 8.12.0." Certainly not the most descriptive note... Sorry about that!