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Saving Your Model to a Previous SOLIDWORKS Version

November 05, 2025

Learn how to use the Save as Previous Version feature in SOLIDWORKS 2025 to keep your projects compatible with older releases. This step-by-step guide shows you how to save files back to SOLIDWORKS 2024 and 2023, handle compatibility warnings, and work around unsupported features like the symmetric option in linear patterns.

What you’ll discover:

  • How backward compatibility works in SOLIDWORKS

  • Saving parts to earlier versions without losing critical data

  • Tips for avoiding errors when features aren’t supported in older releases

Ideal for engineers, designers, and anyone collaborating across different SOLIDWORKS versions.

Watch now and streamline your workflow!