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[breg]

Spaceclaim offers the opening of .rsdoc files from Designspark Mechanical, which uses the same core User Interface and functions but is developed independently. 

Now from Version 6.x in 2023 onward, Designspark has moved to a new file format (to accomodate changes in parasolid AFAIK): .rsdocx

How can these files be read or imported into Ansys spaceclaim?

[Rob]

I assume you've tried opening the file? The newer format isn't visible in the "full" version, but I don't know what will be supported in 25R1. 

[Rob]

Check Discovery, I can see the reader in the "full" version. 

[breg]

Found the solution myself by try-n-error:

Copy the file and rename extension to: .scdocx

Ansys developers might consider to offer opening of rsdocx files directly in the future. 

[Rob]

Or use the newer geometry tool? There's a reason I suggested using Discovery. 

[breg]

How would the geometry tool help me to work on rsdocx files?

The situation underlying this thread is that I put several hundred hours of work, over years, into Designspark modeling ;-)

[Rob]

Because that's how you read the other (rsdocx) format into the Ansys tools. 

[breg]

Ok, understood.
I prefer to use the UI that is close to the one I know. 
And it turns out - it happens to use the same file format, only with a different extension. 

[Rob]

That's fine - Ansys are CAD agnostic in that we've got readers to most CAD platforms. You'll just not see them all in the Student version. 

[breg]

Ok, why not - what sense does it make to hide these functions from people whom Ansys wants to win as future customers?

[Rob]

Hide what functions? If you mean the readers, it's because many require third party licences - those aren't Ansys property and aren't free. 

[breg]

-The function here is: Read and work on .rsdocx files from Designspark
-And the hiding: only after changing their extension. 

[Rob]

Which is in Discovery..... 

[breg]

Discovery has its own file format not compatible with DSM. 
But it’s a one-way-street anyhow, as SC files do not open in DSM even after renaming the extension. 

Leaves the question: Why is Spaceclaim still included in the Ansys portfolio?

 

[Rob]

Because it's still being used. We have geometry tools that were last updated well over 10 years ago in use, eventually they'll stop working or be replaced with the current versions but that's for a user to determine.