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Originally Posted by moldmker Yes, but if the model is complicated it takes a long time to load. Some I've aborted after 30 mins. Convert it to .sat and it loads in 5 secs. (my observation on my system, never confirmed on other systems) Also, SW has different Configurations that can be applied to it's model. This is an engineering tool that allows a model to be configured in different states, such as: with or without holes (or just a certain hole), castings "as cast" and "as machined", sheetmetal parts "as bent" and "flat pattern", etc. When you import a .sldprt into BC there's no opportunity to select which Configuration you want, so you get them all combined in one model. Save it as a dumb solid (.sat, .igs, .stp) and it saves as the current config. I got burnt once by a hole pattern mix-up, I don't chance it anymore. If you're getting SW models from customers without prints, you may want to get SW's free viewer called eDrawings so you can verify model configurations. moldmker

I own solidworks 2008 my work keeps me on it. I have saved it as an ides file and bobcad opened it up fine it looked fine I did some tool paths but 90% of the time bobcad will shut down or freeze with no responce when I try to make a tool path?