So, If changes are required, they must be done in the original program that was used to create them. Instead, we could drag these files directly into SOLIDWORKS assemblies and, because we’re using the CAD files in their native format, they’re linked back to the original file and are therefore read-only. When 3D Interconnect was introduced it allowed us to work on these 3 rd party files in their native format with no conversion required. The answer is a piece of functionality called 3D Interconnect, which was introduced in SOLIDWORKS 2017. Prior to this, if we were to work on a third party file, such as Autodesk Inventor, Solid Edge, PTC CREO, and so on, we would need to open the file directly into SOLIDWORKS, at which point it would convert the document to a native SOLIDWORKS file, with no link back to the original data. We’ve had a number of customers asking what the green arrows on their SOLIDWORKS part and assembly icons in the tree are.
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