I work for a reseller so I understand budgets can be tight. The issue is there are pretty big limitations when opening the files in odler versions. A few years ago Solidworks introduced a slight backwards compatibility feature, for example you can open a 2019 file in 2018 service pack 5. Pretty much every CAD software out there is not backwards compatible.
of course a bright reverse engineer can remodel any part but it will take them much longer from a STEP file than a native file. they have enough to build/assemble/inspect your part, but they can't easily modify or edit your part. i can create drawings off of STEP files (although personally i take time to re-model them, for multiple reasons)Īnother benefit professionally is that they do hide your "secret sauce", so if you send a part to a supplier or customer they have the geometry they need but nothing more. they send me STEP files, and i open them in solidworks and inspect them. i am working with a shop overseas who is using pro/engineer. first of all, it allows people to share files regardless of what software they used. The advantage comes more in a professional environment.
this can be a very useful learning tool - inspecting others' work to see how they accomplished to learn their skills. The disadvantages for a student means that you can't "peak under the hood" and examine the sketches and features used to create the geometry. you will not see a feature tree, you cannot see the sketches and features used to create the model. however they lack the software-specific editing features. STEP files are software-neutral geometry. there are advantages and disadvantages to this that might be worth exploring in the context of educational purposes. in the past upgrades were once every 4 years now they're every fucking year.Īs mentioned earlier, STEP is an exchange/interchange format that any CAD system should be able to read.
They switched to a subscription model and convince users to upgrade ever year, but every time people upgrade, it causes problems like this. i currently use 2017 and i can say that it has a few handy features not included in 2011. honestly in an educational environment (and in most professional environments) you won't notice a huge difference between SW 2019 vs. the whole "subscription" model with forced upgrades every year is not consumer friendly. The upgrade structure as it stands now is a bit of a scam.
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