Converting SOLIDWORKS Files With No Exact Geometry in Dashboard Apps

You can convert a SOLIDWORKS or SOLIDWORKS Connected file to contain exact geometry directly in the dashboard apps even if the convert task was not performed while saving from SOLIDWORKS PLM Services or SOLIDWORKS Connected.

  1. Open a Physical Product or 3D Shape that was created by saving a SOLIDWORKS or SOLIDWORKS Connected file on the platform.
  2. In the Design Manager, right-click the file that you want to convert and in the context toolbar, click Generate Derived Output .

    Note:
    • When the part or assembly doesn’t have exact geometry in all of its components, Generate Derived Output command is available instead of the usual Resolve Component command.
    • When the assembly has only some parts with exact geometry, then both Generate Derived Output and Resolve Component commands are available.
    • Generate Derived Output sends a job request to the Derived Format Converter utility to generate the exact geometry for the selected components.

  3. In the Generate Derived Output dialog box, click Send Request.

    The dialog box lists the components for which the derived output jobs are created.

  4. While the Derived Format Converter is generating the geometry, you can:

    • Check the status of the job request in the Collaboration & Approvals app.
    • Continue working in the component. When the exact geometry is available, you will receive a notification in the work area. The notification will contain the list of components and whether they were successfully converted or not. Click Resolve Now in the notification to load the exact geometry.
    • If you are in the same session and app but you close the component after sending the job request, you will get the notification in the 3DNotification Center about the job status. The notification contains the link to open the component.
    • Close the component. Once the exact geometry is available, when you reopen the component it will be displayed when you click Resolve Component.