File Preparation Assistant Dialog Box

You can use File Preparation Assistant to evaluate files for common issues such as duplicate file names and missing file or configuration references before saving the files to the 3DEXPERIENCE platform.

To access the File Preparation Assistant Dialog Box

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In SOLIDWORKS, click Tools > File Preparation Assistant.
Add Folders Opens the Open dialog box where you add the associated folders.
Folder Displays the selected folders.
Remove Deletes the selected file.
Log file Specifies the folder for log files. The folder stores log files and the HTML analysis results file.
Backup Specifies the folder for backups. The folder stores copies of modified files.
Modify Includes the following checks on the Folders tab.

Find duplicate files and prompt to merge.

Searches for duplicate files.

When SOLIDWORKS finds duplicate files, the Merge Duplicates dialog box contains these options:
  • Match on filename. Checks for identical file names.
  • Match on filename and configuration names. Checks for identical file names, configuration names, and the number of configurations.
  • Match on filename and file creation timestamp. Checks for identical file names and file creation dates.
Replace leading/trailing spaces in filenames with "_". Replaces leading or trailing spaces in a file name with an underscore.

Include non-SOLIDWORKS files. Includes non-SOLIDWORKS files. You can save files from your local files and folder on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform. You can clean existing non-platform data to save files to the platform without failures.

Extend filenames to be at least three characters. Adds an underscore to file names if they have two or fewer characters.

3DSearch requires at least three characters in file names to index the files.
Identify Includes the following checks on the Folders tab.

3DEXPERIENCE compatibility.

Runs a compatibility check on selected files, which verifies SOLIDWORKS updated the files to the new 3DEXPERIENCE Configuration Manager.

3DInterconnect references.

Identifies files that have 3DInterconnect references and lists the files in the log file.

SOLIDWORKS makes no changes to the files.

Missing file references.

Identifies missing file references and provides details in the log file.

SOLIDWORKS makes no changes to the files.

If you move files after the last save of the model, SOLIDWORKS generates missing file warnings for the moved files.

Missing configuration references.

Identifies missing configuration references and provides details in the log file.

SOLIDWORKS makes no changes to the files.

Detect out-of-date configurations.

Lists outdated configurations. This could happen if you delete a configuration and do not rebuild the model. Rebuild the models before saving them to the 3DEXPERIENCE platform.

Mismatched custom property.

Identifies files where the attribute mapping will fail because of mismatched data types.