UG files creating back ups
UG files creating back ups
(OP)
Hello all..
...Friday...I can almost taste it....
My issue: UG files open in SolidWorks creates back ups that wont deleate/go away. This is filling up disk space quickly.
I have looked in Tools > Backup/Recovery - Im thinking that area is for SW stuff only.
Does anyone have a way to say..automatically stop UG's from backing up or automatically making them deleate upon closing the application?
...Friday...I can almost taste it....
My issue: UG files open in SolidWorks creates back ups that wont deleate/go away. This is filling up disk space quickly.
I have looked in Tools > Backup/Recovery - Im thinking that area is for SW stuff only.
Does anyone have a way to say..automatically stop UG's from backing up or automatically making them deleate upon closing the application?
Thanks,
Rip
SolidWorks 2007
SP 4.0






RE: UG files creating back ups
Where are the files being backed up to? Do you have permission to delete from that folder?
RE: UG files creating back ups
Heres a screen shot of a directory with the "duplicates" in them - so the file gets saved in the same directory as the original file.
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Thanks,
Rip
SolidWorks 2007
SP 4.0
RE: UG files creating back ups
Thanks,
Rip
SolidWorks 2007
SP 4.0
RE: UG files creating back ups
ImageShack (or similar) is a dedicated image upload site and would be better. The files are also stored indefinitely.
RE: UG files creating back ups
You once had a list of sites that were good for uploading files.
Can you repost them?
Oh..any ideas as to what might be the problem?
Thanks,
Rip
SolidWorks 2007
SP 4.0
RE: UG files creating back ups
Jeff Mirisola, CSWP
SW '07 SP2.0, Dell M90, Intel 2 Duo Core, 2GB RAM, nVidia 2500M
http://designsmarter.typepad.com/jeffs_blog
RE: UG files creating back ups
I have no idea what UG tool bodies are or if they are even related to the problem.
Can the UG ".prt" files not be deleted even after closing SW?
RE: UG files creating back ups
Hows the week so far? Me...Not bad, really..
Ok...heres the latest update:
>>>>The UG files are producing duplicates when used with SW. Below is a quote from the lady having:
The goal is to not have the duplicates (solidworks files) created in the first place. The user can delete them, but more times than not they forget to do this....it's a bit of an administration headache.<<<<
So...SW is somehow vreating a lotta dupes--not just backups.
Any thoughts?
Thanks,
Rip
SolidWorks 2007
SP 4.0
RE: UG files creating back ups
It sounds to me like you're wanting to be able to import a UG file into SWX but not create a SWX file? If this is what you want, it can't be done. How can you have a SWX part without a part file?
For example:
You have a UG file named 123456.prt. You import this into SWX, which creates 123456.sldprt. Granted, the file names are similar enough that you could get confused, but this is a file management issue, not a SWX issue.
If I've misinterpreted your problem, please feel free to clarify.
RE: UG files creating back ups
Thanks for the reply. The issues not with the actual creating of a SW file from UG file creating one file in SW is cool- -for some reason, it seems to be creating dupes in SW of the same file. This is taking up massive amounts of disk space.
So, its the many duplicates that are messing the works.
Thanks!!
Thanks,
Rip
SolidWorks 2007
SP 4.0
RE: UG files creating back ups
RE: UG files creating back ups
I've never seen a case where SWX creates duplicate files - are you certain that the options are set such that the backup files are being created in a separate directory?
I'd check the backup options - it almost sounds like you've got your backup directory set to a network directory which for some reason isn't available. I'm not sure, but I think SWX will by default put the backup files on your current working directory in that case.