[cad-linux] Re: SolidWorks interface

hi ya

On Tue, 25 Nov 2003, phrostie wrote:

> i have not seen Solidworks in a few years, but i'm currently neck deep in 
> Catia V5.  it uses a single part format.
> each part has it's own file.  to create an assy you combine the part files 
> into an product file.  productrs can contain multipule parts and other 
> products.
> 
> i think Solidworks is similar.  they called my house the otherday asking me 
> if 
> i wanted a 30 trial.  i asked if they had a linux version yet.
> :-)

if we create a university to teach solidworks classes ( i presume ),
than we qualify for academic discounts..
        $ 16K solidworks 2003-2004 for $300 

        http://www.academicdistributing.com

c ya
alvin

- and if we dont need to be accredited to qualify for *.edu, than we
  can teach autocad/solidworks classes ??  - mixed w/ linux apps :-)
        and the various flavors of autocad/solidworks/proE/...

- writing an api to read xx format and dump yy format should be done
  in ones own (gpl'd?) database ...

> On Tue November 25 2003 18:37, you wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I am considering to write a SolidWorks viewer. So I looked at the
> > SolidWorks website for while, looking for API documentation or, better,
> > documentation of the file format used to store SolidWorks. I found out
> > that SolidWorks seems to use ParaSolid (how funny, they are owned by
> > Dassault who owns the ACIS kernel and Catia also).
> >

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