Hi Al,
As another in the M.E.field and a user of SolidWorks I would like this
as well. However, I don't see that progressing far until Dassault is
looking for alternatives. Dassault and Microsoft are large partners and
as this quote from Dassault:
“Microsoft technologies are at the foundation of everything we do." can
be found on a Microsoft/Dassult partner page.
http://www.microsoft.com/enterprise/partners/dassault.aspx#fbid=FEwAECyPuBb
It's not just Excel, it's IE and Windows only also.
Best regards,
Carl
On 11/24/2012 10:57 AM, Al Burbeck wrote:
Greetings!
Open Office has been a standard for me for a long time. My thanks to all who
have contributed in one way or another.
I ply my trade as a consulting mechanical engineer to a diverse list of
manufacturers and create all of my design work in SolidWorks. Part & parcel
with my work are Bills of Materials, Weldment Cut lists, Table of Contents, and
other custom spreadsheets I have developed.
My clients have no issue with the Open Office document formats I use, and in
some cases have moved their organizations solely to Open Office.
The challenge for me is I cannot directly import Open Office documents into
SolidWorks (any version. I use SolidWorks 2010 and 2012). It is necessary to
convert to MS Office formats, as that is the only format SolidWorks accepts.
While I can also convert to PDF and paste, there are the typical burdensome
steps when document changes are required. I do the usual work-arounds, but
it's a pain to constantly have to go through the routines. Same with MS Office
files.
How about getting with SolidWorks and get yourselves in their game? I am quite
sure there are many, many others that would also appreciate the compatability.
Or, if you have solution, please give me a heads-up.
Best Regards,
Al
