Hi,
I really like the tolerance based machining a lot, and think that CAMWorks did a great job on this one.
But I think it is crazy that end-users of SOLIDWORKS need to have MBD to Export to that format, and it is like a gigantic bug that we do not support opening step242 files in SOLIDWORKS at all. (we do open them, but no PMI will be imported)
This is not a SOLIDWORKS CAM issue, but it is a rather big thing missing in SOLIDWORKS.
So question here will be; Will SOLIDWORKS support (users without MBD) export AND import to Step 242 format, and will we be able to read in the PMI data when (some day) opening a step 242 file?
Tim
Tim,
Thank you for your feedback. Today Tolerance Based Machining (TBM) reads dimXpert dimensions. MBD creates dimXpert dimensions. I have sent you request our product manager on MBD and that team. I know they are looking at more enhancements within SOLIDWORKS and MBD but I cannot comment on new features for that product.
Mike.