What is a .SLDASM file?
SLDASM is a SolidWorks assembly of several parts. Created and opened by SolidWorks.
- Did you know
- Parts in a .sldasm are held together with mates - geometric relations such as coincident, concentric and parallel that also define how the mechanism can move.
- SolidWorks founder Jon Hirschtick bankrolled the company with around a million dollars he had won as a member of the famous MIT Blackjack Team.
- An assembly file references its component part files rather than embedding them, so the parts must travel with it.
- What Analyser reads
- Identify CAD files and read header metadata: AutoCAD DWG (DXF now opens as a 2D drawing preview - see Diagrams), SolidWorks (SLDPRT, SLDASM, plus .sldreg Settings Wizard backups - release year, settings groups and the saved registry keys - and SOLIDWORKS Visualize .svap appearances and .svpj projects, opened as the ZIP packages they are), Fusion 360 (F3D), Inventor (IPT, IAM), Rhino (3DM) and Grasshopper (GH, GHX), SketchUp (SKP), 3ds Max, Cinema 4D, Houdini, ZBrush, Maya, CATIA, Eagle, and KiCad.
- Depth of analysis
- .SLDASM is an identification-grade format: Analyser recognises it from its bytes and decodes the header metadata it carries, rather than opening it in a full viewer. Formats that do get a full viewer are marked "Full" on the formats page.
- Open a .SLDASM file
- Drag a .SLDASM file onto the Analyser home page (or tap to pick one). It is identified entirely in your browser - nothing is uploaded, there is no account, and it works offline once installed.