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3D Layout design fails to load from 2023R1 archive on Student 2025R2.4

- August 16, 2026 at 7:02 am
  
  Prathamesh Kothawale
  Bbp_participant
  
  I'm working through the "HFSS 3D Layout — Getting Started" course,
  
  Workshop 01.1 (Connector on Board Simulation), using the archive
  
  BoardESD6.aedtz from the HFSS_3DL_GS_2023R1_EN_WI1.0_SimFiles package.
  
  Software: Ansys Electronics Desktop Student 2025 R2.4 (Build: 2025-11-06)
  
  Steps taken:
  
  1. Restored the archive via Desktop > Restore Archive
  
  2. Saved as BoardESD6.aedt in a new working directory
  
  Result: The Circuit design "ConnectDT (Terminal Network)" loaded
  
  successfully, but the HFSS 3D Layout design "3DL_ESDPCB" did not
  
  appear in the Project Manager tree at all.
  
  Message Manager output:
  
  "Unable to open some designs from the project file. This may be
  
  caused by insufficient licenses or unsupported student version for
  
  the types of designs in the project, or by a corrupted project file."
  
  "Component 3DL_ESDPCB references design 3DL_ESDPCB which is missing.
  
  It would be best to remove the component."
  
  I have not saved over the file, per the warning shown.
  
  Since the workshop files are dated for 2023R1 and I'm on 2025R2.4,
  
  I suspect a version/kernel compatibility issue. Is there an updated
  
  version of this workshop file compatible with 2025R2, or a migration
  
  step I should follow? Thanks.

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