If you are planning to migrate to a new version of SOLIDWORKS, you can
use the Upgrade Assistant to test
the migration of
your
parts, assemblies, and
drawings.
You begin by selecting a subset of your parts, assemblies, and drawings to
perform the comparison test. The Upgrade Assistant
opens each file using both your installed production version of SOLIDWORKS and the
installed SW version
that
you are planning to migrate to. It runs a series of tests comparing
each file, and generates a comparison report including performance changes, rebuild
errors, drawing pixel changes (color and position), and stability problems.
The following differences are highlighted if detected in the current version:
| Performance changes |
A full rebuild of the model is more than 10% slower. |
| File size |
The file has grown by more than 10%. |
| Drawing pixel changes |
One or more pixels in a snapshot of the drawing have changed
color or position. |
| Stability problems |
Opening or rebuilding a model or drawing is causing an application
fail. |
| Volume |
The volume varies by 0.4%. |
| Center of Mass Comparison |
The Upgrade Assistant
marks
the comparison as failed and report a difference if the following
empirical formula returns a value greater than 0.025: 10,000 * ( (CMx_new - CMx_baseline)^2 + (CMy_new
- CMy_baseline)^2 + (CMz_new - CMz_baseline)^2) ) /
Area_baseline |
If no critical errors are found, you can be confident that your data will migrate
successfully to the target version. If critical errors are found, send a copy of the
comparison report to your reseller for further assistance.
To open the Upgrade Assistant,
from
the Windows Start menu,
go to
. Then on the sidebar, click Upgrade
Assistant
.