5 Replies Latest reply on Oct 1, 2013 1:39 AM by Kevin Guo

Help importing .Prt files

Kevin Guo Sep 30, 2013 11:27 PM

Hi,

I have the Solidworks 2013-2014 edition and I'm having trouble opening the .Prt files. I am able to physically double click and open up the Pro/E & Creo to Solidworks Converter window. However, after hitting "okay," Solidworks does not process or load anything. In the bottom right corner, it does say "processing" sometimes but it will stay that way for 30 minutes and not load anything (My computer has run solidworks fine before, just after getting a new hard drive does it not work). I have searched all over the forums for an answer and have tried changing extension name and tried all the converter options. Thanks for the help!

Re: Help importing .Prt files

Jeff Parker Oct 1, 2013 12:07 AM (in response to Kevin Guo)

Two things, one have you tried to open in a native viewer? I believe Pro/E & CREO both offer a free viewer.

Second can you post one of the files, as this is usually the normal behavior for a file that either is empty, corrupt, or of a version that your version of SolidWorks cannot open.
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- Re: Help importing .Prt files
  
  Kevin Guo Oct 1, 2013 1:39 AM (in response to Jeff Parker)
  
  Thanks for your reply,
  
  Yes, I have tried just tried to open the file in a native viewer and it works! However, I use solidworks to model things and there are many around a hundred of these files I want to open with solidworks so opening with native, save as stp, and then opening and saving as sldprt is REALLY tedious. This is the file: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/57p2d2tgjdvqna7/Uko_dc-SYJ
  
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  Kevin Guo Oct 1, 2013 1:40 AM (in response to Jeff Parker)
  
  The direct link
  
  crio-frc_ii_2013.prt.zip 2.2 MB
  
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  - Re: Help importing .Prt files
    
    Deepak Gupta Oct 1, 2013 2:29 AM (in response to Kevin Guo)
    
    Welcome to SolidWorks forums Kevin.
    
    You can import Pro/ENGINEER files up to version Creo Elements/Pro 5.0 (formerly Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 5) using SolidWorks 2014 PR1 or SW2013 (this is for commercial version and not sure what education version supports but I feel it should be same for that also).
    
    Your files are made with Creo 2.0 which means SW can't open it up. Can you ask the person who sent you the files to send you IGES, parasolid or some other format which you can open in SW.
    
    You might also find this post helpful for your future reference.
    
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    J. Mather Oct 1, 2013 2:19 AM (in response to Kevin Guo)
    
    I was able to open the file in another CAD program - so the file itself is valid.
    Here is a STEP (*.stp) version of the file that you should be able to open in SolidWorks.
    
    crio-frc_ii_2013.zip 994.9 KB
    
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