{"id":159733,"date":"2022-09-26T09:58:52","date_gmt":"2022-09-26T09:58:52","guid":{"rendered":"\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/faq-configuring-recognition-of-external-cad-formats-in-windows\/"},"modified":"2023-08-16T06:32:55","modified_gmt":"2023-08-16T06:32:55","slug":"faq-configuring-recognition-of-external-cad-formats-in-windows","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/faq-configuring-recognition-of-external-cad-formats-in-windows\/","title":{"rendered":"FAQ: Configuring Recognition of External CAD Formats in Windows"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3  id=\"FAQ-CONFIGURING-RECOGNITION-OF-EXTERNAL-CAD-FORMATS-IN-WINDOWS\">FAQ: Configuring Recognition of External CAD Formats in Windows<\/h3>\n<h3  id=\"UNABLE-TO-DOUBLE-CLICK-FILES-IN-WINDOWS-TO-AUTOMATICALLY-LAUNCH-SPACECLAIM\"><strong>Unable to double click files in Windows to automatically launch SpaceClaim<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>External formats such as IGES, STEP, etc are not recognized as file types that should be automatically opened in SpaceClaim when double clicking a file in Windows Explorer<\/li>\n<li>Setting the file association manually from the Properties is unavailable or does not remain in place<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This issue is related to a missing or\u00a0outdated value in the Windows registry.\u00a0 The root cause is usually insufficient user permissions at the time of installation, or changes to the Windows registry being blocked by an antivirus program.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The exact value of the registry key is variable, because each user&#8217;s PC will have a different string for the User ID.\u00a0\u00a0The highlighted area below\u00a0will vary from one PC to the next.<\/p>\n<p>The key that needs to be modified is:<\/p>\n<p><strong>HKEY_USERS<span class=\"pen6\">&lt;USERFOLDER&gt;<\/span>SoftwareClassesApplicationsSpaceClaim.exeshellopencommand<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The key is named\u00a0<strong>(Default)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Use\u00a0<strong>Ctrl + F<\/strong>\u00a0to search the HKEY_USERS folder for the value of the key.<\/p>\n<p>Search for:\u00a0<strong>spaceclaim.exe&#8221; &#8220;%1&#8221;\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>(there should be no\u00a0<strong>&#8220;<\/strong>\u00a0before spaceclaim.exe)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-155152\" src=\"\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/08\/9.1.png\" alt=\" width=\"421\" height=\"368\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There may be multiple entries that turn up that value<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ignore any entries located in folders for other programs, such as ANSYS17, ANSYS18, etc.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The value of the registry key\u00a0should be<strong>*\u00a0<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;C:Program\u00a0FilesSpaceClaim 2019.2spaceclaim.exe&#8221; &#8220;%1&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-155153\" src=\"\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/08\/9.2.png\" alt=\" width=\"860\" height=\"52\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It may be necessary to look through the various HKEY_USERS folders to find the right one.\u00a0 For example, the folder name may look something like:<\/p>\n<p>S-1-2-34-567890123-456789012-345678901-234567<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>*For future releases, the file path simply needs to be updated to reflect the installation folder file path.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-159733","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry","topic-tag-spaceclaim-faq"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_wp_page_template":["default"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["09-13-2022  20:20:07"],"_bbp_forum_id":["159552"],"_btv_view_count":["450"],"family":[""],"application_name":[""],"product_version":[""],"_bbp_likes_count":["1"]},"test":"articlesansys-com"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/159733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/159733\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}