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[kenpimentel]

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Ok, I got all excited when I imported a Solidworks model and it came in fine, created UV’s (!!), and the material in Unreal looked great. But I tried to open a 2018 file and it crashed. Looking in the docs, it mentions only Solidworks 2014 is supported. I had tested with an old file. So is this truly the case? I’d be surprised if anybody uses Solidworks 2014 in the year 2018 since Solidworks pushes out the latest to subscribers every year. Also there is no way to save out to an earlier version. So do I have this correct? I hope not, as it’s fantastic software, but only loading 4 year old files is a non-starter.

Anyone know if there is a path to bringing the plug-in current? Or maybe another workflow that will allow import from Solidworks including the auto-UV function? Having to UV 100’s of models from Solidworks to be able to work in Unreal is the unbreakable barrier for me. Thanks.

We support Solidworks 2017 for sure, and we’ll support Solidworks 2018. Our docs are wrong, so I’ll get that fixed.