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[Yohann Biran]

Hello, I regularly have a customer request for people in the workshop who just need to read a Spaceclaim file and take a simple side (no creation or modification).
I tell them to start spaceclaim in read-only mode to do this, but it takes time and you get error messages before you can start it in read-only mode.
Can you give me a tip on how to start the program in read-only mode as quickly and simply as possible?

If not, perhaps it would be interesting to have a simple measurement function in the viewer installed on the PC or the online viewer. A bit like Dassault's edrawing.
What do you think?
Yohann

[Atharv Joshi]

Hi Yohann, 

 

Can you explain why you want to start SpaceClaim in read-only mode?

 

SpaceClaim opens in read-only mode only when you don’t have a valid license to use it and all functionalities are grayed out. 

Let me check about the online viewer and get back to you. 

 

Thanks and Regards

Atharv

[Yohann Biran]

Hello Atharv,

Thanks for the feedback, the purpose of read-only for the customer is precisely to be able to use a version of spaceclaim capable of reading only the scdoc and to be able to measure (because it's possible in read-only mode).
The aim is to enable people on the workshop side (who don't need to model or modify geometry) to be able to just open and take a dimension that may be missing on the plan, for example.

And since Spaceclaim's viewer can't measure, it's a possible workaround (but not a practical one, because of the messages that appear every time you start).

Best regards

Yohann

[Atharv Joshi]

Hi Yohann, 

You can try Ansys Viewer as it helps with most of the activities that you are concerned with. 
Please check this once I think it may help you with measurement as well.

Ansys Viewer: Interpret Simulation Results | 3D Model Sharing

Here's the help documentation: Chapter 1: Ansys Viewer Basics

Regards
Atharv

[Marc]

 

The spaceclaim viewer is redundunt, its far to limited.

The ansys viewer, is I guess better, but still limited, as can’t insert other assemblies into the model, have no layer controls, doesn’t load external references into the view etc.

What Yohann describes is eactly what you need. A way to load space claim in read only mode. However read only mode is also to limited, as you can’t hide bodies etc. If the read only mode would just disable geometry creation and modification, and saving/export, then it would be the perfect viewer without the need for other software. I have asked for this for years outside this forum for a proper viewer for Spaceclaim for the exact reasons you mention. Being nothing has eventuated I wouldn’t hold your breath, especially now the focus seems to be soley on simulation development and the retirement of Spaceclaim.