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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?

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.

MartinHanakAnswer
24-Ruby III
November 2, 2017

Hi,

 

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

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BenLoosli23-Emerald III
23-Emerald III
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
1-Visitor
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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