{"id":462654,"date":"2026-08-16T07:02:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T07:02:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/3d-layout-design-fails-to-load-from-2023r1-archive-on-student-2025r24\/"},"modified":"2026-08-16T07:02:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T07:02:17","slug":"3d-layout-design-fails-to-load-from-2023r1-archive-on-student-2025r24","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/3d-layout-design-fails-to-load-from-2023r1-archive-on-student-2025r24\/","title":{"rendered":"3D Layout design fails to load from 2023R1 archive on Student 2025R2.4"},"content":{"rendered":"
I’m working through the “HFSS 3D Layout — Getting Started” course, <\/div>\n
Workshop 01.1 (Connector on Board Simulation), using the archive <\/div>\n
BoardESD6.aedtz from the HFSS_3DL_GS_2023R1_EN_WI1.0_SimFiles package.<\/div>\n
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Software: Ansys Electronics Desktop Student 2025 R2.4 (Build: 2025-11-06)<\/div>\n
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Steps taken:<\/div>\n
1. Restored the archive via Desktop > Restore Archive<\/div>\n
2. Saved as BoardESD6.aedt in a new working directory<\/div>\n
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Result: The Circuit design “ConnectDT (Terminal Network)” loaded <\/div>\n
successfully, but the HFSS 3D Layout design “3DL_ESDPCB” did not <\/div>\n
appear in the Project Manager tree at all.<\/div>\n
 <\/div>\n
Message Manager output:<\/div>\n
“Unable to open some designs from the project file. This may be <\/div>\n
caused by insufficient licenses or unsupported student version for <\/div>\n
the types of designs in the project, or by a corrupted project file.”<\/div>\n
 <\/div>\n
“Component 3DL_ESDPCB references design 3DL_ESDPCB which is missing. <\/div>\n
It would be best to remove the component.”<\/div>\n
 <\/div>\n
I have not saved over the file, per the warning shown.<\/div>\n
 <\/div>\n
Since the workshop files are dated for 2023R1 and I’m on 2025R2.4, <\/div>\n
I suspect a version\/kernel compatibility issue. Is there an updated <\/div>\n
version of this workshop file compatible with 2025R2, or a migration <\/div>\n
step I should follow? Thanks.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-462654","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry","topic-tag-3-d-model"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t