Skip to main content
P
ptc-45549731-Visitor
1-Visitor
October 17, 2013
Solved

Is it Prime 3.0 OR 15 - can I swap between without having to re-enter my work?

  • October 17, 2013
  • 3 replies
  • 2964 views

Hi,

can I swap back and forth to compare Prime with 15 before I decide which path to go down or is that a dream (or nightmare).

I can't see a way to go from Prime 3.0 to 15 (though I have converted files the other way).

Thanks

Best answer by arbiter007

Sadly, the answer is no; Prime cannot export downward.

TTFN

3 replies

A
arbiter0071-VisitorAnswer
1-Visitor
October 17, 2013

Sadly, the answer is no; Prime cannot export downward.

TTFN

P
ptc-45549731-VisitorAuthor
1-Visitor
October 18, 2013

Doesn't even seem to be possible to cut and paste between editors either.

(@ASSIGN (@INDEX (@LABEL VARIABLE (@ID ω (@SUB s))) n) (@INDEX (@ID ω (@SUB s)) n))

(@INDEX (! @PLACEHOLDER))

W
Werner_E25-Diamond I
25-Diamond I
October 17, 2013

or is that a dream (or nightmare).

Prime? - rather a nightmare, I would say.

Unfortunately there is no way to convert from Prime to real Mathcad.

It won't even be possible to convert or save a Prime 3 file into Prime 2 format - thats the PTC way.

E
ELSID1-Visitor
1-Visitor
October 18, 2013

It won't even be possible to convert or save a Prime 3 file into Prime 2 format - thats the PTC way.

Not 100% true. Other software packages do the same. Although they allow you to open the file, you just lose functionality. AutoCAD MicroStation, MS Office, Adobe, all do the same. The difference is similar to MathCAD Prime Express. This is what PTC should do to ALL files so that they open in older Prime versions.

W
Werner_E25-Diamond I
25-Diamond I
October 18, 2013

ELSID wrote:

It won't even be possible to convert or save a Prime 3 file into Prime 2 format - thats the PTC way.

Not 100% true. Other software packages do the same. Although they allow you to open the file, you just lose functionality. AutoCAD MicroStation, MS Office, Adobe, all do the same. The

What's not 100% true? The point was, that its not possible to save or convert a Prime 3 file in Prime 2 format so that it could be opened with an older version of Prime.

This CAN definitely be done in M$ Office and Adobe Acrobat - they both can save a current file in an older format so that it can be opened with an older version of the software. M$ even provides filters so you can access new files directly with older versions. Of course only features present in the older version would be availlable, thats clear.

And while common sense would dictate that things should and must work that way, PTC is far away from it.

T
tietjee15-Moonstone
15-Moonstone
October 21, 2013

There other programs that do not allow saving to previous version, example SolidWorks. This is well documented. Our office is usually a version behind any release and always maintain old versions for customer support. Upgrading files is seamless and 100% in the conversion. It does make life a little more difficult, but we plan on the changes. That being said, Prime3 has some serious problems in just its usability. Still not worth upgrading to it.

Terms & ConditionsCookie settingsAccessibility statement