4 Replies Latest reply on Dec 27, 2014 1:51 AM by Jeff Parker

What happened to save as universal 3D .U3D in SW2015?

M. B. Dec 25, 2014 10:39 PM

What happened to save as universal 3D .U3D in SW2015? It's still there in SW2014 but the .U3D file type does not show in SW2015.

Re: What happened to save as universal 3D .U3D in SW2015?

Jeff Parker Dec 26, 2014 12:44 AM (in response to M. B.)

It was phased out in 2015 as that format is only 32bit. Here is an excerpt from the KB.

"However, note that export to U3D is no longer supported starting with SOLIDWORKS 2015. This old 32-bit only tesellation data format has been phased out in 2015 and replaced with the new 64-bit compiled application."

There is also an SPR to remove this from the help document for 2015 as it should no longer be in there.
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- Re: What happened to save as universal 3D .U3D in SW2015?
  
  M. B. Dec 26, 2014 9:13 PM (in response to Jeff Parker)
  
  What was it replaced with?
  
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  - Re: What happened to save as universal 3D .U3D in SW2015?
    
    Kelvin Lamport Dec 26, 2014 11:58 PM (in response to M. B.)
    
    Nothing ... yet, but I was told it will be re-instated or replaced at an unknown later date.
    
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    - Re: What happened to save as universal 3D .U3D in SW2015?
      
      Jeff Parker Dec 27, 2014 1:51 AM (in response to Kelvin Lamport)
      
      That is correct, they have not implemented the 64bit version.
      
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