use pieces from solidworks in c#

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how can I use pieces made in solidworks or solidedge (version does not matter) in a program made in c# ?

[Removed the C++ tag - this has nothing to do with C++]

Posted 30-Nov-10 11:55am

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Updated 1-Dec-10 5:22am

Rajesh R Subramanian

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Toli Cuturicu 30-Nov-10 18:00pm

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Henry Minute · Answer 1 · 2010-11-30T13:23:00

It depends on what you mean by 'use', if you mean display an image, then provided SolidWorks can export to on of the formats that .NET can handle then yes.

Anything else would pretty much depend on SolidWorks having an API that .NET can access, or at least use P/Invoke to access.

The best place to find that out would be the SolidWorks web site[^].

fjdiewornncalwe · Answer 2 · 2010-11-30T13:26:00

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Ummm. It is a suit of commercial, stand alone applications. Unless they provide an SDK of some sort which I didn't see on their site, it would be ILLEGAL for you to do this.
On their Downloads page, the statement

Note: Licensing and activation required for all products

tells me I'm right.

Posted 30-Nov-10 13:26pm

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Updated 30-Nov-10 13:28pm

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Emilio Garavaglia 1-Dec-10 2:14am

It is not illegal, if he already payed the license (at least until he's inter-operating with them, not selling pieces of them into his product without an agreement).

If I sell a product that relies on another and tell my customer "to use my product you also have to buy the other one" I'm perfectly coherent with the law.
May be the other license will not grant support for that, but that's another story, not related to laws.

fjdiewornncalwe 1-Dec-10 18:53pm

Does he tell us that he payed for a license? His question leans towards an attempt to access application and/or document objects from a copyrighted piece of code. Please note that I also mentioned the one way that it would be legal, which the SDK(API) route. After looking at the site, I did not find ANY mention of such an SDK, and that is why I posted the answer. I agree with your comment, but simply feel that an extended explanation is appropriate.