Sorry I raised this on the general forum first before Irealised it might apply here as well:
I'm a Hypershot user, and when Solidworks 2008 came out I found outthat Hypershot didn't support the new file format immediately so Ihad to revert back to SW2007 for a couple of months. Now I havebeen beta testing Solidworks 2009 all the way throughand I want tostart using it for production work soon, but, I depend on Hypershotfor product rendering. So this time I thought I'd check beforemaking the leap and sure enough Hypershot doesn't support theSW2009 file format yet.
I asked why and here is the answer I received (saying I would raisethis on the SW forum):
Quote:
Please do - same issue as last year w/ SW 2008 - came about 6 weeksafter the shipped:
Here is the answer from the SW API team:
[...]
This display list sample is not availble yet.
I have written a request that the display list sample be updatedand posted.
SPR 454131 "Need updated C++ display list sample for SW 2009"
End Quote:
So I am left with the dilemma, I want to start use SW2009 now but Ineed Hypershot rendering. The only option I then have is to exportas a non native file format into Hypershot (and so lose all thetexture mapping properties).
Question. SW2009 beta was a shortish process and the file formatremained the same through the last few releases. So why isn't thisAPI issue available upon release when Bunkspeed has so manySolidWorks customers?
Do I really have to wait another month or two before I canintegrate SW2009 into my workflow?
SolidworksApi macros
I'm a Hypershot user, and when Solidworks 2008 came out I found outthat Hypershot didn't support the new file format immediately so Ihad to revert back to SW2007 for a couple of months. Now I havebeen beta testing Solidworks 2009 all the way throughand I want tostart using it for production work soon, but, I depend on Hypershotfor product rendering. So this time I thought I'd check beforemaking the leap and sure enough Hypershot doesn't support theSW2009 file format yet.
I asked why and here is the answer I received (saying I would raisethis on the SW forum):
Quote:
Please do - same issue as last year w/ SW 2008 - came about 6 weeksafter the shipped:
Here is the answer from the SW API team:
[...]
This display list sample is not availble yet.
I have written a request that the display list sample be updatedand posted.
SPR 454131 "Need updated C++ display list sample for SW 2009"
End Quote:
So I am left with the dilemma, I want to start use SW2009 now but Ineed Hypershot rendering. The only option I then have is to exportas a non native file format into Hypershot (and so lose all thetexture mapping properties).
Question. SW2009 beta was a shortish process and the file formatremained the same through the last few releases. So why isn't thisAPI issue available upon release when Bunkspeed has so manySolidWorks customers?
Do I really have to wait another month or two before I canintegrate SW2009 into my workflow?
SolidworksApi macros
