2004 Slow load times?

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Anyone else having trouble loading 2003 assemblies off a windows server into SolidWorks2004? I'm able to and SolidWorks tells me it's going to convert the ~100 part assembly to 2004 status. I say go right ahead and SolidWorks starts to do its thing but never finishes. It just stays there frozen for hours (I clocked it at about 1.5 hours before I pulled the plug).

It usually takes about 30 seconds to save the assembly normally in 2003. Should I have given it more time? Anyone see anything like this? I've had to go back to 2003 to get work done (I backed up all the files before I tried 2004).

-Matt

Todd · Accepted Answer

try copying the assy to your hard drive with sw explorer and try opening.sounds to me like it is getting stuck on the conversion of a part. Loadtimes here have been comparable as 2003.Todd

Scott · Answer

Also you might want to use the conversion wizard. That will help yourloading times because SW will not have to covert the files to the newformat.Regards,Scott

Nick E. · Answer

Scott quipped:conversion wizard?i missed that. where is that? and what does it do? (tho I have a pretty goodidea..)thx,nick e.

Jean Marc BRUN · Answer

(translated)startup/SW/ Tools / conversion wizard"Nick E."  a écrit dans le message de news:c0CdnY6x7YZZo

Per O. Hoel · Answer

Mention of the conversion wizard reminds me of a problem the utility had in SolidWorks a few years ago.

Files could be opened, converted and saved quickly from the SolidWorks program itself; however, if the conversion wizard was used to handle files in "batch" mode" the process would sometimes hang and never complete.

It sounds like the old conversion wizard bug has somehow found its way into the current core program?!

Nick E. · Answer

mental note: don't use the wizard.Per O. Hoel quipped:

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