{"id":4399,"date":"2016-06-09T10:34:23","date_gmt":"2016-06-09T09:34:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/?p=4399"},"modified":"2016-06-09T10:34:23","modified_gmt":"2016-06-09T09:34:23","slug":"recorded-webinar-best-practices-for-moving-legacy-data-to-solidworks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/2016\/06\/recorded-webinar-best-practices-for-moving-legacy-data-to-solidworks\/","title":{"rendered":"Recorded Webinar: Best Practices for Moving Legacy Data to SOLIDWORKS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As a designer, you have probably been sent a 3D model with a file type different than what your design tool generally uses. Or you have to work with\u00a0an old model that was created in a different 3D CAD package. Either way, you most likely shook your head, mumbled to yourself, and got to work recreating the model from scratch.<\/p>\n<p>File compatibility is essential to today\u2019s technological workspace, and with the right tools at your fingertips, no model should be considered non-compatible. SOLIDWORKS, regardless of what software package you choose, provides you with capabilities to re-use your legacy data.<\/p>\n<h2>Why you should watch<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-29386 size-full alignright colorbox-29387\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/05\/legacy-data-webinar-blog-image-1.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 435px) 100vw, 435px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/05\/legacy-data-webinar-blog-image-1.jpg 435w, http:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/05\/legacy-data-webinar-blog-image-1-300x146.jpg 300w\" alt=\"legacy-data-webinar-blog-image.jpg\" width=\"435\" height=\"211\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In this <a href=\"http:\/\/mkt.solidworks.com\/emarketing_enu\/start.swe?SWECmd=InvokeMethod&amp;SWEMethod=StartSS&amp;SWEView=URLRouter&amp;SWEApplet=SSRoute&amp;SWENargs=SSId=1-4RS632A,SSName=REP+All+Languages+3Dto3D+Moving+Legacy+Data+to+SW,SSLC=,SSCC=,CID=1-4VO2TA8,OID=1-4RRH2R1,COID=1-4VO2TA9,PRO=1-NKZ7N\" target=\"_blank\">22-minute webinar<\/a>, you will learn how to import data and use editing techniques to help you make minor and major changes in a relatively short amount of time.<\/p>\n<p>This webinar will also provide you with best practices so you can lean how to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Convert common and uncommon file types, such as IGES, STEP, and many more<\/li>\n<li>Reverse engineer older models into full parametric models<\/li>\n<li>Re-use your rich data for other purposes<\/li>\n<li>Manipulate your converted models with direct editing features<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mkt.solidworks.com\/emarketing_enu\/start.swe?SWECmd=InvokeMethod&amp;SWEMethod=StartSS&amp;SWEView=URLRouter&amp;SWEApplet=SSRoute&amp;SWENargs=SSId=1-4RS632A,SSName=REP+All+Languages+3Dto3D+Moving+Legacy+Data+to+SW,SSLC=,SSCC=,CID=1-4VO2TA8,OID=1-4RRH2R1,COID=1-4VO2TA9,PRO=1-NKZ7N\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"colorbox-29387\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/05\/edited_sw_rep_webinar_legacy_data_961x250_final.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Originally posted in the <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/2016\/05\/recorded-webinar-spotlight-best-practices-moving-legacy-data-solidworks.html\" target=\"_blank\">SOLIDWORKS Blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a designer, you have probably been sent a 3D model with a file type different than what your design tool generally uses. Or you have to work with\u00a0an old&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4400,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[25,60],"class_list":["post-4399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-solidworks","tag-solidworks-2","tag-webinar"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4399"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4399\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4406,"href":"https:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4399\/revisions\/4406"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}