CATIA V5 & CATIA V6 3

[macduff]

Hello,
If I move from CATIA V5 to V6, can I save files in V5 format? I need to do this because some of our customers are on older V5 releases.

Thank you.

Colin Fitzpatrick (aka Macduff)
Mechanical Designer
Solidworks 2010 SP 5.0
Dell T5500 Windows 7 Pro (64-bit)
Xeon CPU 2.53 GHz 6.00 GB of RAM
nVida Quadro 4000 2 GB
3D Connexion-SpaceExplorer

 

[jackk]

Yes, according to our Dassault rep today. The basic CATIA files can be converted back as editable solid files, but without parameters.

(I have not been able to verify this myself)

 

[macduff]

Good stuff, thanks Jack

Colin Fitzpatrick (aka Macduff)
Mechanical Designer
Solidworks 2010 SP 5.0
Dell T5500 Windows 7 Pro (64-bit)
Xeon CPU 2.53 GHz 6.00 GB of RAM
nVida Quadro 4000 2 GB
3D Connexion-SpaceExplorer

 

[Azrael]

I can verify jackk's comment, have tried it and it works.

 

[loki3000]

they can be converted only to STEP/ IGES afaik, not the catpart files. that is more or less unusable, in my view.

 

[pacal08]

Hello,
It's not possible !!
Just a catback utility without history or save as model (V4)
Or just save as STEP but it's very bad methodology !

PLT
Certified Instructor DS

 

[Azrael]

What is not possible?? As Jack stated and I tried you can convert a V6 file into a V5 file that is editable but without features.

If you mean to convert a V6 file into V5 with features, that is ompossible.... but I hear rumours that in near future the impossible will be possible