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NormanHadley1-Visitor
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November 1, 2017
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Can Creo 4.0 save parts, assemblies and drawings that can be opened in Creo 3.0?

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Sorry if this question has been answered already - I can't find a relevant thread. There's an earlier thread advising users saving from 3.0 to open in 2.0 that they could back-transfer the readnewermodels.dll file. I tried that but it seemed to make no difference on my setup - the Creo 3.0 M140 box wouldn't touch any files saved from Creo 4.0 M030.

 

Does anyone know of a more elegant way of making backward compatibility happen? Or, failing that, an inelegant method that works would be good too.

Best answer by MartinHanak

Hi,

 

you are right, only parts and assemblies can be opened.

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BenLoosli23-Emerald III
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November 1, 2017

Readnewermodels.dll or GCRI is version dependent. You will need the version for Creo 3 that reads Creo 4 files.

However, PTC may not have one out yet and the web page for the download comes back with a 404 error, page not found.

 

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MartinHanak24-Ruby III
24-Ruby III
November 1, 2017

Hi,

 

I hope that Readnewermodels.dll is available in Creo 4.0 installation. It can be copied to Creo 3.0 installation. This step enables Creo 3.0 to open Creo 4.0 models.

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NormanHadley1-VisitorAuthor
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November 2, 2017

Hi Martin. It should work in theory but not, alas, for me. I wonder if anyone else has had more success.

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