[stude8]

Hi, There might be a thread answering this question, but I've received SLDPRT files in the past that I can open,but not now. Any suggestions. I'd really rather not post the file here.
Thanks

[magicniner]

Ask them to send it in a STEP file, you should be able to open that, or if you have another application that can open SLDPRT you could save it out as a STEP yourself.

- Nick

[stude8]

I've opened the files with eDrawings just now. Looking to see if I can convert to step files now.

[SBC Cycle]

There is something called a Solidworks Document manager or something like that. When my customer moved up to new versions of SW I would often have difficulty opening them in older versions of BobCAD. If I recall correctly all I had to do was find the new SW document manager and replace the one on my computer.

Where to get it, I can't recall.

P.S. The file is called swdocumentmgr.dll Muddle around with it at your own risk. Mine shows that it was updated 01/31/2015, the same day I moved to SW 2015. FYI

[stude8]

Thanks for the replies. Here is a screenshot in eDrawings. I can't figure out where the "file>save as" is

[SBC Cycle]

Just click the e-drawings logo in the upper left corner to get to the File ---> Save As utility.

You will not find a suitable format, eDrawings will not convert file formats.

[stude8]

SBC you are correct. No way to convert the file. My son was able to open the sldprt file with no problem in his V27. Maybe I have to reload V25. Who knows. Not worth wasting any more time with it. Thanks for your help.

[SBC Cycle]

You will continue to have problems with SW 2015 files unless you can find a way to update the .dll I was referring to.

See this thread for more info. It worked for me at the time.

http://www.cnczone.com/forums/bobcad...ml#post1016830

[stude8]

That was it! I updated the swdocumentmgr.dll and now I can open the files. Many thanks!

[SBC Cycle]

Lol, it will make you pull your hair out the first time it happens to you. Glad it worked, just passing the knowledge along. I wouldn't have had a clue if it weren't for some of the other members here.

[Malish]

Where do I get the updated swdocumentmgr.dll from?

I updated my solidworks to 2015 on Firday (3/27/15) but my swdocumentmgr.dll file has a date of 3/6/15

[SBC Cycle]

If you have Solidworks updated than you will have the most up to date version of swdocumentmgr.dll

Only the BobCAD users who do not have SW should have this issue.