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Phantom Part in Drawing

Phantom Part in Drawing

Phantom Part in Drawing

(OP)
I am working with Pro/E parts in SolidWorks, creating assemblies and drawings for already existing parts by importing them over. Recently I updated the ProE database and  needed to update the individual parts in SolidWorks so I brought the new parts over replacing them in the assembly. When I open the SolidWorks drawing the views do not update, even though the drawing is referencing the new part. As I move my pointer over the drawing views I can see the outline of the new part and can even dimension to it but the physical part being represented is still the old part. Does anyone know how to fix this without deleting all of the views and starting the drawing over?

 

RE: Phantom Part in Drawing

Go to File/Open select the References box, replace/remove the part you don't want.

Chris
SolidWorks 06 5.1/PDMWorks 06
AutoCAD 06
ctopher's home (updated 02-10-07)

RE: Phantom Part in Drawing

On the drawing view name in the feature tree, hit the plus next to the view name and then the assembly name.  Check to see that the part is being shown or hidden in the tree (R-Click to get Hide/Show options).  You may have to do this for each view.

Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
Reason trumps all.  And awe transcends reason.

RE: Phantom Part in Drawing

(OP)
Thank you Jeff, that fixed the problem

Sapna

RE: Phantom Part in Drawing

SapnaJP ... Are you sure you actually replaced the updated parts in the assembly, or just added extra ones?

Theo ... If the parts were replaced in the assembly, how come they were hidden in the drawing?

cheers

RE: Phantom Part in Drawing

(OP)
I replaced the parts in the assembly, the old parts were overwritten since they were the same name

RE: Phantom Part in Drawing

I've had this sort of thing happen before, and it seems like I needed to do something to Rebuild the particular views.  So I think the only thing I found was to hide/show a component to get it to make a fresh reference to the updated part.

Since then, I don't mess with same-name, different-part files.  It causes headaches like these (and other document-control issues).  Instead, if I import a part or change an existing part sufficiently, I add a suffix to the part file's name (like widget-XT or widget-12, etc.).  This tends to force a view-rebuild at the time of the replacing.

Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
Reason trumps all.  And awe transcends reason.

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