Problem
When you import a SolidWorks part file, you get this error message: "Unable to connect to SolidWorks session".
Possible Causes
Can you run SolidWorks
from the workstation?
You must be able to run SolidWorks. The SolidWorks Direct CAD Interface
starts a SolidWorks session in the background to access the SolidWorks
part.
Do you have a supported
version of SolidWorks installed?
The SolidWorks Direct CAD Interface supports SolidWorks 2001 Plus,
version 10.0.0, or later.
Problem
It takes an extremely long time (five minutes or more) to open a measurement routine after the SolidWorks model is imported.
Possible Causes
Is the SaveSolidWorksAttributesInPart entry set to 1?
You can find this entry in the Option section
of the PC-DMIS Settings Editor. It allows you to determine whether
or not PC-DMIS saves SolidWorks part data inside the measurement routine.
You can set this entry to 0 to speed up loading times.