2011 to 2007

[copter]

I am using a copy of 2007 SW. Will my copy of 2007 read 2011 SW drawings. I need to use some of the parts drawen in 2011 for an assembly in SW2007. If I purchase 2011 can I run it on windows XP

 

[Eltron]

You will need to upgrade. SW is not backwards compatible.

Dan

http://www.eltronresearch.com

Dan's Blog

 

[ShaggyPE]

To add... 2011 does not support the use of XP. There are various threads that discuss the issues of 2010 on XP... don't know about 2011.

-Dustin
Professional Engineer
Pretty good with SolidWorks

 

[Updraft]

Shaggy,

SWX2011 is supported on XP, both 32 and 64-bit.

http://www.solidworks.com/sw/support/SystemRequirements.html

- - -Updraft

 

[EEnd]

The person who made the parts in 2011 (or anyone else with 2011) should be able to save them out as parasolids which you can open in 2007. They will be dumb solids, without feature trees, but if you do not need to modify them, it should suffice.

Eric

 

[ShaggyPE]

Updraft,
My bad... I had it backwards... 2009 does not support Windows 7. It makes total sense that new SW can function on an older OS. Thanks.

-Dustin
Professional Engineer
Pretty good with SolidWorks

 

[mjcole]

2011 is the last supported release for SolidWorks on xp. Anyone with 2011 can install and use all earlier versions and can create the parts in 2007 if they wnt to helpout. They may also have the 2007 versions. Unless you need to modify the parts dumb solids should suffice.

Michael

 

[SWKennedy]

As I read it, XP will still continue to be good for 1 release after 2011....so if there is a 2012, that'll be the last for XP. IT here pointed that out when they were talking about upgrades and expects not to have to do anything with our workstations until 2013.

To the original question:

Upgrading to 2011 will be the easiest way to use the parts, especially if you need the features as they were originally drawn. Will cut out the middle step of having to have someone convert them before you get them into your possession.

If all you are looking for is the object and don't care how it was drawn, then having whomever gave you the 2011 parts save to parasolids, iges, step, or whatever your preffered filetype is would be just as sufficient.

 

[fcsuper]

Newer versions of SolidWorks (2009 and up) are not good on XP systems due to the memory limitation of the OS. If you have big assemblies, they will not open on an XP system unless you are using like 2008 or 2007. If you go to 2010 or 2011, I recommend a 64-bit win 7 OS.

Matt Lorono
Lorono's SolidWorks Resources & SolidWorks Legion

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/solidworks & http://twitter.com/fcsuper