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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