SolidWorks

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Name SolidWorks
Ontology

SolidWorks is 3D/CAD design software owned by Dassault Systèmes.[1] First released in 1995 for Windows[2], SolidWorks now has many different software packages and file formats associated with it.

Contents

File Formats

The main three formats are[3]:

  • SLDPRT SolidWorks Parts Document
  • SLDASM SolidWorks Assembly Document
  • SLDDRW SolidWorks Drawing Document

Others include:[4]
Templates: .asmdot, .asmprp, .drwdot, .drwprp, .prtdot, .prlprp, .sldtbt, .slddrt, .sldbombt, .sldholtbt, .sldrevbt, .sldwldbt
Library and other files: .sldlfp, .sldblk, .sldstd, .sldmat, .sldclr

Format & Version Information

All main formats use the same file format structure.[5]

Name Version History Value File Type PRONOM
SolidWorks 95 44
SolidWorks 96 243
SolidWorks 97 483
SolidWorks 97 Plus 629 OLE
SolidWorks 98 822 OLE
SolidWorks 98 Plus 1008 OLE
SolidWorks 99 1137 OLE
SolidWorks 2000 1500 OLE
SolidWorks 2001 1750 OLE
SolidWorks 2001 Plus 1950 OLE
SolidWorks 2003 2200 OLE
SolidWorks 2004 2500 OLE
SolidWorks 2005 2800 OLE
SolidWorks 2006 3100 OLE
SolidWorks 2007 3400 OLE
SolidWorks 2008 3800 OLE
SolidWorks 2009 4100 OLE
SolidWorks 2010 4400 OLE
SolidWorks 2011 4700 OLE
SolidWorks 2012 5000 OLE
SolidWorks 2013 6000 OLE
SolidWorks 2014 7000 OLE
SolidWorks 2015 8000 Binary fmt/1967
SolidWorks 2016 9000 Binary fmt/1967
SolidWorks 2017 10000 Binary fmt/1967
SolidWorks 2018 11000 Binary fmt/1967
SolidWorks 2019 12000 Binary fmt/1967
SolidWorks 2020 13000 Binary fmt/1967
SolidWorks 2021 14000 Binary fmt/1967
SolidWorks 2022 15000 Binary fmt/1967
SolidWorks 2023 16000 Binary fmt/1967
SolidWorks 2024 17000 Binary fmt/1967

Samples

References

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SolidWorks
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/19961212080224/http://www.solidworks.com/company/prrel.htm
  3. https://help.solidworks.com/2024/english/SolidWorks/acadhelp/c_types_of_files.htm?verRedirect=1
  4. https://archive.org/details/solidworks2015re0000plan/page/n959/mode/2up?q=%22SolidWorks+Document+Types%22
  5. https://help.solidworks.com/2024/English/api/sldworksapi/SOLIDWORKS.Interop.sldworks~SOLIDWORKS.Interop.sldworks.ISldWorks~VersionHistory.html
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