14 Replies Latest reply on Apr 9, 2014 1:42 PM by Brad Hakeman

Importing files to 3DVIA 2012, and it keeps using the 2011 importer

Elliot Fowler Mar 28, 2012 8:31 AM

Guys,

Would really appreciate some assistance. I have recently upgraded 3DVIA and Solidworks from 2011 to 2012. When opening 3DVIA Composer and importing files, I can select the files, but it then looks as though it is using the 2011 importer.

How can I change so that it uses the 2012 importer, as at the moment, it won't import any files which have been touched by SW12. I recieve the error message below.

Thanks

Re: Importing files to 3DVIA 2012, and it keeps using the 2011 importer

John Matrishon Mar 28, 2012 8:36 AM (in response to Elliot Fowler)

I'm getting the same thing, but I also have both SW2011 and SW2012 installed on my laptop. I thought it was just because of that. Right now, I just use the Export to Composer inside of Solidworks, only you don't get any options of how it imports.
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Chris Kamery Mar 28, 2012 9:14 AM (in response to Elliot Fowler)

Within the Composer Options (it may be called Preferences I dont remember). There is an option to select what version of SW to use when importing.

I dont have Composer installed on this machine so I cant take a screenshot.

Chris
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  John Matrishon Mar 28, 2012 9:37 AM (in response to Chris Kamery)
  
  Tried that Chris, and it did not work. It's under "Input", I have 3 choices, Auto detect, 2011, or 2012. The importer still chose 2011, and failed. I can't uninstall SW2011 yet. I wonder if a simple reinstall/repair-modify of Composer would pick up on the new SolidWorks version?
  
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  Steve Ostrovsky Mar 28, 2012 9:48 AM (in response to Chris Kamery)
  
  I just changed my setting to 2012 and it worked fine. Seems it was set to 2011 by default, which doesn't make sense to me.
  
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    John Matrishon Mar 28, 2012 9:51 AM (in response to Steve Ostrovsky)
    
    Mine was set to Auto Detect, but when I changed it, it did nothing.
    
    Steve do you have a dual install of SWKs? I'm betting some of trouble lies there.
    
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      Steve Ostrovsky Mar 28, 2012 10:36 AM (in response to John Matrishon)
      
      I have 2010, 2011 and 2012 installed. It looks like 2012 is being launched in the background. Not sure if you have to have it installed for it to run. Hard to find info on the SolidWorks Importer that's installed with Composer.
      
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        John Matrishon Mar 28, 2012 10:51 AM (in response to Steve Ostrovsky)
        
        right, and the Knowledge base has a few things on the free Plug-ins for SolidWorks, but nothing related. Glad it worked for you. I'm still not having any luck. Our VAR has opened up a call with SWK/3DVia to see if they have anything. They're pretty good, so I'll reply if we get it fixed.
        
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Mike Staples May 22, 2012 5:03 PM (in response to Elliot Fowler)

Check what version of Composer you are using. If you have SolidWorks 2012 files then you need V6R2012x or newer for the importer to work.

The workaround as mentioned above by John with a version mismatch is to export the Composer .smg file from SolidWorks. It can be annoying when it comes to updating existing .smg files - you've got to export to generate the .smg file then update your existing .smg from the new converted file. The export will use the settings you have stored under your Composer's default document properties > input. If you don't have Composer on the machine performing the export, you can set in the registry manually.

If you have the correct versions and you're still getting an error you may simply need to delete a registry key.

-Mike-
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  Aaron Godwin Feb 19, 2013 5:46 PM (in response to Mike Staples)
  
  What's the difference between the V6R2012 and the V6R2012x? I''m kinda new to Composer and still trying to figure it out.
  
  Thanks
  
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    John Burrill Feb 19, 2013 9:24 PM (in response to Aaron Godwin)
    
    Well if 2013X is any indication, it basically means it supports Solidworks 2012.
    
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      Aaron Godwin Feb 20, 2013 9:50 AM (in response to John Burrill)
      
      No it's all 2012. I'm having the same problem importing files, but I need to update the SP of my composer and I wanted to know the difference between V62012x SP1 and V62012 SP2. Is it a higher level version, do I need a different licence?
      
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Re: Importing files to 3DVIA 2012, and it keeps using the 2011 importer

Mark Duggan Feb 3, 2013 6:52 PM (in response to Elliot Fowler)

Hi Elliot,
I had a similar problem and followed a few KB solutiions.
Basically I did the following;
Uninstalled SW importer 2013, cleaned registry.
Uninstalled 3dvia composer, cleaned registry
Installed 3dvia composer 2013sp1.
repair installed SW 2013. I realise it is a release ahead but the thread is the same.

To uninstall the importer there is a batch file (%Program Files\Dassault Systemes\3DVIAComposer\X.X\SW20XX).
Then uninstall 3DVia composer.
Once you have done this delete the following in the registry;
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\3DVIASWImporter
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Dassault Systemes\3DVIAComposer
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Dassault Systemes\3DVIAComposer\Preferences\IOSolidWorksOEMVersion
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\3DVIASWImporter
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\3DVIASWImporter (64-bit only)

Reinstall after making sure that you have no SW20XX folder in any of the version folders - 6.9,6.10 and 6.11. If you have delete that folder.
Reinstall 3DVia and then do a repair on the SW install.
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  John Burrill Feb 8, 2013 10:24 AM (in response to Mark Duggan)
  
  Elliot, I ran into this problem and what it took to get the importer working correctly was uninstalling a leftover importer in c:\program fiels(x86)\
  I had uninstalled SW2012 and 3DVia composer and re-installed SW2013 SP1 and still had the problem. I have Windows 7 Professional 64Bit, so I was looking for the Solidworks add-in in the regular program files folder and didn't think to check the legacy folder.
  After uninstalling that using the batch file and deleting those files, composer started using SW 2013.
  
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  Brad Hakeman Apr 9, 2014 1:42 PM (in response to Mark Duggan)
  
  Thanks for posting this Mark.
  
  The back story is I downloaded 2013 Composer and the importer from the customer portal, but then we immediately upgraded to 2014. Apparently, the update didn't fully clean out the registry since I couldn't import sldasm files into Composer 2014. (I was saving out the SMG directly from SW but ran into an issue yesterday with imported Surface Body parts.)
  
  Problem solved!
  
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