Open labeneator opened 4 years ago
I haven't used SolidWorks in 5+ years, so someone else chime in too please, but I'm pretty sure Solid Works goes to great lengths to ensure this is the case, and there may not be any work-around. When I was using a newer version of SolidWorks in 2013, there was absolutely no way to save it in an older format, specifically to force you to buy a license for the newer version so you don't have to. Therefore, a common strategy was to keep the same version for as long as possible between upgrades. That being said, if I was you I'd research it for hours to see if anyone has a clever work-around or tool to help.
There seems to be a way to use vendor neutral files:
However, you do seem to lose flexibility in editing the vendor neutral files. Perhaps we can have both file options published for better coverage.
I have a colleague who has solidworks 2019 installed but can't open the files due to a 'future version' error. This seems to be a common issue requiring one to use a later solid works. Is it possible to use an earlier version to save the file or use a vendor neutral file format?
Email from the said person in verbatim
Thanks