Article - CS307347

Windchill PDMLink: Failure to open CAD data in Solidworks with error "Failed to open in Solidworks. Open the file directly in Solidworks for more details.Unable to open file"

Modified: 18-Jun-2021   


Applies To

  • Windchill PDMLink 11.0 M030-CPS04 to 13.0
  • SolidWorks all releases

Description

  • Failure to open CAD Data from Windchill Workgroup Manager (WGM) in SolidWorks with the following error in the WGM message log area:
Failed to open in Solidworks <version>: <filename>.Open the file directly in Solidworks for more details. Unable to open file
  • Uwgm.log reports error:
uwgm.session0: Download: HTTP Download failed for:
UwgmDownloadProcessor_i::reportCompletion called for :  DownloadCompletionStatus : UWGM_DOWNLOAD_COMPLETION_STATUS_FAIL
uwgm.session0: Download: UwgmContentDownloadHelper::processDownloadResult : Download failed, deleting all streams 
  • The CAD document with the issue cannot be opened in SolidWorks after copying from workspace to local disk.
  • The issue may occur on specific users or clients.
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