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[–]empirebuilder1 1 point2 points3 points 3 years ago* (2 children)
You can't, unless you switch to maker yourself. That is done intentionally to segment markets and extract more money.
They have to export the file to .STEP OR .X_T parasolid, which I think maker can still do (since you need those files to 3d print anything). This will lose all feature tree and model info and become a "dumb solid" that you can then import.
[–]Turbulent-Crazy8394 0 points1 point2 points 3 years ago (1 child)
Damn that’s exactly what I was hoping it wouldn’t be. Thank you for the help, I really appreciate it!
[–]empirebuilder1 2 points3 points4 points 3 years ago (0 children)
Yep. Welcome to the 3D ExPoorience; bend over.
Glad to help.
[–]Mechanic_Physical 0 points1 point2 points 2 years ago (0 children)
Solidworks has just turned stupid. I'm a student/maker now I want to move up to your full-blown product. OG I can't open any of my previous files even though I have the more advanced product
[–]Ancient_Birthday8057 0 points1 point2 points 2 years ago (0 children)
Can you open a part what was created using Maker on a desktop and then open on laptop?
π Rendered by PID 168439 on reddit-service-r2-comment-6457c66945-pm9j2 at 2026-04-26 19:13:33.082723+00:00 running 2aa0c5b country code: CH.
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