Every year SOLIDWORKS enhances their software with new tools or performance enhancements. SOLIDWORKS forward compatibility doesn’t exist due to the ever evolving software package. SOLIDWORKS 2018 can open files created in 2017 and older) Forward Compatibility The SOLIDWORKS software has always been backward compatible meaning that the most recent version of SOLIDWORKS can open any previous version SOLIDWORKS file extension. In this quick article we’re going to list the reasons SOLIDWORKS files aren’t forward compatible and the options we have to work around the file version.įirst let’s discuss SOLIDWORKS file compatibility. So how does one avoid this problem in the future? Perhaps you’ve even caused this grief for another user. If you’re a SOLIDWORKS user then chances are high you’ve seen the dreaded “future version” file error.
