Using the SOLIDWORKS 3DEXPERIENCE Smartlink add-in, you can access additional data from .SLDXML files that have been output from SOLIDWORKS 3DEXPERIENCE applications.
To access .SLDXML data with SOLIDWORKS 3DEXPERIENCE Smartlink:
- Turn on the SOLIDWORKS 3DEXPERIENCE Smartlink add-in:
- Click .
- In the dialog box, under Other Add-ins, select Active Add-ins and Start Up for SOLIDWORKS 3DEXPERIENCE Smartlink.
- Click OK.
- Click .
- In the dialog box, navigate to the location of the .SLDXML files and select a file.
- For file type, select .SLDXML and click Options.
- Select one or more options and click OK.
- Read sketch data
- Read sketch objects in a mechanism sketch as blocks
- Read assembly mates data
- Click Open.
A message box shows the progress of the data being read into the SOLIDWORKS file.
The design opens and the model hierarchy appears in the FeatureManager design tree.