New Assy. refers back to old assy. while using Pack & Go
New Assy. refers back to old assy. while using Pack & Go
(OP)
Hello all. Friday...
A new assembly was created from an old assembly for various reasons.
When Pack & Go is used to send new assy, when unpacked, somehjow the files, etc refer to the OLD assembly not the new assembly.
What am I doing wrong?
Thanks in advance
A new assembly was created from an old assembly for various reasons.
When Pack & Go is used to send new assy, when unpacked, somehjow the files, etc refer to the OLD assembly not the new assembly.
What am I doing wrong?
Thanks in advance
Thanks,
Rip
SolidWorks 2007
SP 4.0






RE: New Assy. refers back to old assy. while using Pack & Go
Is this what you're trying to do with Pack & Go?
Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
Reason trumps all. And awe transcends reason.
RE: New Assy. refers back to old assy. while using Pack & Go
RE: New Assy. refers back to old assy. while using Pack & Go
This happens to me from time to time. Here's what my problem usually is, maybe yours is similar.
I have 'Part 1' in 'Assy A'. Somewhere there is a point, line, constraint, reference, etc that is somehow referenced to 'Assy A'.
Now, if I 'save-as' the entire assy as 'Assy B', 'Part 1' still needs to look into 'Assy A' to find that reference and re-build properly. So, if I pack-and-go the new assy, it also includes 'Assy A' so that it can re-build that one part.
My solution has been to look at any external references in each of the parts, find which is still pointing to the old assy, and update it to remove the reference or point to the new assy.
Hope this helps.
RE: New Assy. refers back to old assy. while using Pack & Go
My way stems from before SW had the Pack & Go feature and the process was called "find references" to copy (or move) files someplace else. Anyway, I think this method dodges the problems of disoriented references because the references are in order when the assembly is open and the files are copied (since they reside only in that assembly--for the purposes of this discussion).
Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
Reason trumps all. And awe transcends reason.
RE: New Assy. refers back to old assy. while using Pack & Go
Thanks to all..I'll try the fixes out....
Later..
Thanks,
Rip
SolidWorks 2007
SP 4.0