7 Replies Latest reply on Mar 27, 2015 2:43 PM by Kelvin Lamport

How to edit files made with Student Edition in regular version of SW?

John Markidis Mar 27, 2015 1:10 PM

Very long story - my company worked with some local college students to make up a design for us. It was overlooked at the beginning, but they all used the student edition of SW, and we can't open any of their files.

I've been brought into this to find a solution. I don't know too much about SW, but it looks like theirs something that prohibits student edition created files from opening in regular versions? This is a very intricate design that we'd rather not re-model. Is there anyway around this?

Re: How to edit files made with Student Edition in regular version of SW?

Alin Vargatu Mar 27, 2015 1:12 PM (in response to John Markidis)

You should be able to open them without any other problem than the Edu watermark on print-outs.
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Re: How to edit files made with Student Edition in regular version of SW?

Glenn Schroeder Mar 27, 2015 1:29 PM (in response to John Markidis)

As Alin said, you should be able to open and edit them, but they will still show as student version. See #4 here: Frequently Asked Forum Questions
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  John Markidis Mar 27, 2015 1:35 PM (in response to Glenn Schroeder)
  
  Very strange... Thank you for the quick response, both of you. I'll see if I can find another issue. When we try to open their files, we just get a blank file with no features in the tree - it's not like we're getting an "unable to open" error message.
  
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    Glenn Schroeder Mar 27, 2015 2:00 PM (in response to John Markidis)
    
    Can you post one of the files here for someone to take a look at? Click on the text "Use advanced editor" at top right of the Reply box, then there will be a link at lower right to attach files.
    
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      John Markidis Mar 27, 2015 2:34 PM (in response to Glenn Schroeder)
      
      I've attached 2 files.
      
      Drawing_Editedwithsmallerteeth.prt 2.4 MB
      
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        John Markidis Mar 27, 2015 2:35 PM (in response to John Markidis)
        
        2nd file
        
        AtomizerBasewithOptimizedCurvedBlendedVanes (1).prt 1.6 MB
        
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        Re: How to edit files made with Student Edition in regular version of SW?
        
        Kelvin Lamport Mar 27, 2015 2:43 PM (in response to John Markidis)
        
        Those are Unigraphics (Siemens NX) parts, not SolidWorks, but you are right in them not having any geometry.
        
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