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
