Are you looking for a free CATIA to SolidWorks translator?

Thanks Deepak. Your point is well taken. Although there is truth to the fact that social logins might not be acceptable at most companies, you will be surprised what people are willing to do to get free software (we monitor download stats closely, and people do use their social logins freely). But thanks for your feedback anyway. Def something for us to consider going forward.

Agreed, our free software doesn't support the latest SW versions (BTW, we have a paid product called CAT5Works at http://www.cadcam-e.com/solutions.aspx?flag=download which does that). CAT5Works-Lite (the free product) works with SW 2009 and 2010. If you have earlier versions of SolidWorks software (as most of the customers seem to do), you should install it and use it exclusively to host CAT5Works-Lite just for free translations. The SolidWorks data produced by the translator is still usable in your current release of SolidWorks. So now you have a free translator! I have been told by users who use our free software that if you don’t have access to earlier versions of SolidWorks software, you should contact your SolidWorks reseller to get it. It’s free.

You might want to check this out - CADInsider does make a good point about our software:

http://cadinsider.typepad.com/my_weblog/2013/06/cce-solidworks-catia-translator-is-free.html

>> "If one has CATIA, then CAT5Works-Lite seems completely useless..."

Hello Guillaume,

We have never positioned our software for folks who already have CATIA. Our software (both the free CAT5Works-Lite and the commercial CAT5Works software) is available as SolidWorks add-in and meant for people who want to work with CATIA data in SolidWorks, but do NOT have access to CATIA software.

Agreed that this software does not have all of the functionality available in the paid product, but isn't that acceptable for free software? Of course, our free version does not have all the bells & whistles of the paid product, but it still is very useful for a lot of people who download and use it every single day. And it being free, has nothing to do with quality - it has to do with functionality. There is a difference.

At the end of the day, people have choices - especially for CATIA translations in SolidWorks. We have a product to do that, and so does some of my competitors. Heck, even Dassault has one today. So, it really is for the customer to test the product and make a decision based on what will work for them. Clearly, the pie is big enough for all of us to co-exist, isn't it?

Thanks,

-Debankan