The customer has a number of *.mds files from EMS - this was the precursor to Solid Edge - Engineering Modeling System from Intergraph.
Is it still possible to open these into Solid Edge?
Solution
This translator was removed in Solid Edge ST4, so the solution to this is to install ST3 again.
Notes and References
Hardware/Software Configuration
Platform: INTL64
OS: windows
OS Version: 1064
Product: SOLID_EDGE
Application: TRANSLATORS
Version: V221.0
Function: EMS-MDS
Ref: 001-10197392