SOLIDWORKS Two-Minute Tech Tip – Last Saved with Version

Written by: Darin J. Grosser, CSWE

I’m Darin @ DASI, and THIS is a SolidWorks – Two Minute Tech Tip!!

Older Version File……

Anyone that’s used SOLIDWORKS for 2 or more releases has to have seen this message before.  It means you’ve opened a file created in an earlier release of SOLIDWORKS, and when you Save your file, it will be updated to the version of SOLIDWORKS you are currently using.

It also means that you will also only be able to open this file in the ‘current’ release of SOLIDWORKS and future releases beyond that……but no longer in the previous release the file came from.

Well…..What Version DID it Come From?

All you know at this point is that it wasn’t created in ‘this’ release, but did you know that there’s a way to find out which release of SOLIDWORKS it WAS last saved in?

You can find it in Windows Explorer.  It’s called the “SW Last Saved with” column.

You can show this column in any Windows Explorer folder. Just Right Click the column header and select MORE.

Now, just scroll down to “SW Last Saved with” and add a check mark to select it.

You’ll now see exactly which version was last used to save each file.  🙂

See it in action!

Don’t forget to submit an Enhancement Request if you have an idea for a new feature, or how an existing one could be made better!! You CAN have an effect on SOLIDWORKS Development. Just login to your My.SolidWorks.com account and submit your idea!

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Until next time……………

-Darin @ DASI, Your SolidWorks Guy