The marked files have invalid characters and cannot be uploaded; rename them

[stephanWEZRU]

I am trying to upload Solidworks files (sldprt and sldasm), but once I choose the top file in the dialogue I get the error message "The marked files have invalid characters and cannot be uploaded; rename them".

Renaming the file does not change anything, I still get the error.

The filename is 02-55-00Mat.SLDASM and I don't see any invalid characters in that.

What could be the problem?

[g-andresen]

Hi,

Have you tried with a renamed file?

günther

[hamid.sh. · Accepted solution]

How about .SLDPRT files? Isn't there any invalid characters in their names?

For SolidWorks file not only the .SLDASM file (assembly) but also all the referenced . SLDPRT files will be uploaded. Now if you just rename the files from OS references may get lost, but if you have SolidWorks you can solve it there.

[stephanWEZRU]

Simply renaming the files does not work. The references inside Solidworks have to be renamed, the whole assembly then exported anew. And that did finally the trick.

[stephanWEZRU]

Thanks for the hint. I had a colleague rename all files with invalid characters in solidworks and then export it anew. That did finally do the trick!
Just a sidenote for anyone interested: an official autodesk help page lists all invalid characters but the list is incomplete.
In my opinion it is best to use the old DOS-rule in naming parts and files: only letters, numbers, hyphen and underscore.