No it does not but you need to have SolidWorks Document Manager key and SolidWorks Document Manager installed on machine having no Solidworks. The SolidWorks Document Manager key is provided only to customer on active subscription. How is that not saying the same thing? If you need an active subscr...

Reading version is helpful. Edit it will be harmful. The file "database" is written at that version which is incompatible to older version. I was told that you "Used" to be able to find a quick version code within the file. That was prior to 2015. But that it's not simple anymor...

You might get this information using SolidWorks Document Manager API. SolidWorks Document Manager API, also requires a License. The 'SW Last Saved With' is metadata. I feel like: "It shouldn't be that difficult to read metadata." That said... I have yet to find a tool that will read custo...

Not available without Solidworks installed. Took a quick look at some SW files. Looks like they're compressed or encrypted. Ok, I understand what your saying. However: Let's consider that when Solidworks is installed Windows reads the files with the tag 'SW Last Saved With'. Doesn't that mean that ...

I do not possess a Solidworks license or software. I do have other CAD readers that can access Solid works types. But often we run into issues with SolidWorks files built with the "Student edition", of which we cannot read. We also are not yet able to process 2024 solid works files. Is the...