About 3DEXPERIENCE Filters in SOLIDWORKS

Filters refine the way objects are displayed in a structure. In SOLIDWORKS, a filter is a separate entity, so you can open multiple 3DEXPERIENCE filters of the same assembly.

You can open a 3DEXPERIENCE filter in SOLIDWORKS using the Open With command from the Product Structure Editor, search for the filter and open it, or using drop.

When you open a filter in SOLIDWORKS, a unique file is created in the database, and the filter icon is visible along with the title in MySession. You can therefore open several filters of the same assembly and these filters can share subassemblies or parts.

When you open a filter in SOLIDWORKS, the root object loaded in MySession is the physical product of the 3DEXPERIENCE filter. You can perform all the operations on it that you can on any other physical product.

Replace by Revision is not supported for filters.

If you delete any of the components present in the filter, you cannot open the filter, and a message is displayed to update the filter in the Product Structure Editor. Also, if the filter impacts the data structure in SOLIDWORKS, only the 3DEXPERIENCE structure is filtered while the SOLIDWORKS files open to display the entire structure.

  • If you define filters on the SOLIDWORKS files, they can be opened only on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform.
  • In the Save to 3DEXPERIENCE dialog box, the Revise command on a filter is disabled.
  • If you save any SOLIDWORKS assembly referencing a 3DEXPERIENCE filter, the save process is blocked.
  • From SOLIDWORKS, when you add a component to a filtered structure, the new component is added in the 150% structure. But the filter definition is modified only if the filter criteria of the component and the filter match.

The filter structure can be converted to drawings, and when you save the drawing a relationis created between the drawing and the filter. You can access the filters and drawings using the Relations app. When you open a drawing of a filter in SOLIDWORKS, the filter is automatically downloaded and the drawing dependencies are managed. You can perform all the lifecycle-related operations on a drawing.