{"id":457459,"date":"2026-04-30T09:51:51","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T09:51:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/recommended-workflow-for-bulk-converting-scdoc-files-to-scdocx\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T09:51:51","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T09:51:51","slug":"recommended-workflow-for-bulk-converting-scdoc-files-to-scdocx","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/recommended-workflow-for-bulk-converting-scdoc-files-to-scdocx\/","title":{"rendered":"Recommended Workflow for Bulk Converting SCDOC Files to SCDOCX"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;p data-start=&#8221;209&#8243; data-end=&#8221;332&#8243;&gt;Hello,&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p data-start=&#8221;209&#8243; data-end=&#8221;332&#8243;&gt;We are looking for best practices regarding migration of large legacy SpaceClaim file libraries from&nbsp;&lt;code data-start=&#8221;310&#8243; data-end=&#8221;318&#8243;&gt;.scdoc<\/code> to &lt;code data-start=&#8221;322&#8243; data-end=&#8221;331&#8243;&gt;.scdocx<\/code>.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p data-start=&#8221;334&#8243; data-end=&#8221;454&#8243;&gt;Our customer has several years of existing SpaceClaim data and wants to avoid manually opening and re-saving every file.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p data-start=&#8221;456&#8243; data-end=&#8221;466&#8243;&gt;Questions:&lt;\/p&gt;<\/p>\n<ol>&lt;li data-section-id=&#8221;1big7ln&#8221; data-start=&#8221;468&#8243; data-end=&#8221;578&#8243;&gt;Is there a supported batch conversion method for converting large numbers of &lt;code data-start=&#8221;548&#8243; data-end=&#8221;556&#8243;&gt;.scdoc<\/code> files to &lt;code data-start=&#8221;566&#8243; data-end=&#8221;575&#8243;&gt;.scdocx<\/code>?<\/li>\n<p>&lt;li data-section-id=&#8221;j15ykt&#8221; data-start=&#8221;579&#8243; data-end=&#8221;659&#8243;&gt;How should assemblies\/external references be handled during this migration?<\/li>\n<p>&lt;li data-section-id=&#8221;1vo1v9&#8243; data-start=&#8221;660&#8243; data-end=&#8221;749&#8243;&gt;Is there a recommended workflow from Ansys for customers with large existing datasets?<\/li>\n<p>&lt;li data-section-id=&#8221;1vo1v9&#8243; data-start=&#8221;660&#8243; data-end=&#8221;749&#8243;&gt;Is the Windows-preview gonna be working in later versions in combination with SCDOCX files?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&lt;p data-start=&#8221;751&#8243; data-end=&#8221;799&#8243;&gt;Any experience or guidance would be appreciated.&lt;\/p&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-457459","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_forum_id":["27789"],"_bbp_topic_id":["457459"],"_bbp_subscription":["42412"],"_bbp_author_ip":["2001:1c03:4d02:d300:dcd6:8a63:5e5a:6b30"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["0"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["457459"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2026-04-30 09:51:51"],"_bbp_reply_count":["0"],"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":["0"],"_bbp_voice_count":["1"],"_bbp_engagement":["42412"],"_btv_view_count":["21"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_notification_enabled":["199"]},"test":"benjaminaesc-nl"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/457459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/457459\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=457459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}