For a part, assembly or drawing that uses legacy cosmetic threads, you
must upgrade the model to use the improved cosmetic threads feature. The upgrade requires
you to set a system option first, and then you can enable the upgrade for each model.
You can upgrade all cosmetic threads features that are available in components for
the top-level assembly and the subassembly.
If you have many files to upgrade, you can use an API method to convert the
files (IModelDocExtension::UpgradeLegacyCThreads). For
information, see the SOLIDWORKS API Help. You can also contact
SOLIDWORKS Technical Support.
When you upgrade a legacy part, you may need to adjust the assemblies and
drawings where the part is used. For example, drawings might have dangling
annotations and dimensions.
To upgrade legacy cosmetic threads in a part, assembly, or
drawing:
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In , select Allow cosmetic threads for upgrade
and click OK.
If you are an administrator, you can use the Settings Administrator Tool
to propagate this option among your users.
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Open the model and right-click the top item in the
FeatureManager design tree, and click Upgrade
cosmetic thread features.
After you upgrade, the command, Upgrade cosmetic
thread features, is no longer available for that model.