Solidworks 3D interconnect

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Hello everyone,

At my company, we recently transitioned from Solidworks 2016 SP.5 to Solidworks 2017 SP.5.

Working in a Group where Inventor 2021 is the software used by other colleagues, I am currently interested in the Solidworks 3D Interconnect module in order to be able to insert .ipt and .iam files into .sldasm files in Solidworks 2017.

Unfortunately, it doesn't work and when I try to do the manipulation, I get the message attached. And I couldn't insert the file while keeping the link with the native one allowing me to follow the evolution of the file on the Inventor side.

Do you have any explanations for this problem, and with luck one or more solutions to offer me?

 

Thank you in advance for your answers.


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hello @C.Tel 

I'm not convinced that you can follow the evolution of the part once inserted via 3dconnect

but I could be wrong

http://help.solidworks.com/2017/French/SolidWorks/sldworks/c_Importing-Exporting_SOLIDWORKS_Documents.htm?verRedirect=1

http://help.solidworks.com/SearchEx.aspx?q=3d+interconnect&nresults=5&sort=&version=2020&lang=French&prod=SolidWorks&context=LANG%3den%26NRESULTS%3d25

http://help.solidworks.com/2017/French/SolidWorks/sldworks/c_Import_Export.htm?verRedirect=1

@+ ;-)

 

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Hello

Yes, normally it is possible. Finally, I hope I'm not mistaken: when I talk about following the evolution, I'm referring to what can be seen on the demo video below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUckD-_xq_U&feature=emb_logo

@+

 

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@C.Tel 

When the video is played, it replaces the part or integrates a part and modifies it

So the part in place will not follow the evolution if someone changes the base share via another log

from what I see but I could be wrong ;-)

@+ ;-)

Enabling and disabling 3D Interconnect

You can enable or disable the 3D Interconnect feature in the SOLIDWORKS software. This is enabled by default.

To enable or disable 3D Interconnect :

  1. Click Tools > Options > System Options > Import.
  2. In the dialog box, set File Format to General.
  3. Select or clear the Enable 3D Interconnect check box .
  4. Facultative: If you select Enable 3D Interconnect, you can choose the following options:
    • Create a 3D Interconnect function link in rooms only. Adds a 3D Interconnect feature link to the non-native CAD part file.
    • Break the links of components as external files. Breaks the link of the 3D Interconnect components and creates the corresponding part or assembly in an external file. When the option is unchecked, the corresponding part or assembly is an internal file (virtual component).
  5.  Click OK.

PS

After searching and reading help

so yes it may be possible????????

 to see if it works well in reality ;-)

To try

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Hello

Yes, it is possible since it seems that this is the goal of the development of this Solidworks 3D connect.

And this seems all the more possible to me since it works the other way around: I can include a Solidworks file in an Inventor assembly in Inventor. And when I edit the Solidworks part in SOolidworks, its icon in the Inventor creation tree changes to tell me that I need to refresh it in order to observe its latest updates.

For the "to see if it works well in reality" and "to test", that's exactly what I did before sending my first message: I'm having difficulties and so I took the liberty of questioning the community of this forum.

 

Are there people here who have already encountered the problem I am experiencing, and who especially would have the explanation and/or the solution?

 

Kind regards.

C.Tel

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Hello

I don't have a PB with CATIA imports in SolidWorks, if I modify the CATIA part in CATIA and save it under the same name in the same location, when opening in SolidWorks it tells me by a small black recycling symbol on the part icon in the graph that the part has been modified and needs to be updated.

I don't have a PB on an inventor part (.ipt) I import it under SW via 3Dinterconnect. I don't have access to inventor so I can't test the change but it should work.

Is your version of inventor newer than your SolidWorks version?

Solidworks 2017 will not read files from CATIA V5-6-R2020 for example.

Edit : I just saw Inventor 2021 in my opinion the PB comes from your Inventor version and too recent for SW2017 

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Copy of SW 2017 and 2021 aid

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Hello

Indeed, I must admit that I was starting to ask myself questions and have doubts about possible file version incompatibilities given the differences in versions between Solidworks (2017) and Inventor (2021) in my company.

You confirm this to me and I thank you for it because I think that is the explanation. As for the resolution, I think there's no solution as long as we have this 3D software version gap here.

 

Thank you.