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Renaming part, draft & assembly files

Renaming part, draft & assembly files

Renaming part, draft & assembly files

(OP)
I have an assembly file with multiple parts and sub-assemblies.  The assembly, part & sub-assemblies have draft files linked to them.  I would like to rename each part file without losing the links to the draft or assembly files.  The names for the draft files need to change to the same name as the part files.  Have been opening the main assembly and renaming each part file but then I have to go back and open the draft and rename it also.  Seems like there should be some way to automatically do this.  Using version 15.  Thanks.

RE: Renaming part, draft & assembly files

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You should use Revision Manager.

RE: Renaming part, draft & assembly files

(OP)
When I said that I opened each file and renamed it I was using the revision manager.  From what I have seen you can open the assembly file and change the name of the parts in the assembly but then you lose your links to the draft files.  In the past I changed the names of the parts and went back and changed the name of the draft files to match the part to get the part and draft linked back together.  There should be an easier way.

RE: Renaming part, draft & assembly files

Open up the top level assembly and rename the assembly and all the component parts that you want to rename.  Highlight each element that you changed and do a "Where Used" search.

The draft files for each of the files will show up in the bottom pane of Revision Manager.  You can select and rename each draft file from there.

A more stable approach would be to rename from bottom up.  Open up each draft file of each component part.  Rename the draft file and part, do a where used on the part, and when the assembly shows up in the bottom pane, select set action to update.  Repeat for each part, then subassembly, then top level assembly.

--Scott

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