Components & Assemblies cant find each other.
Components & Assemblies cant find each other.
(OP)
Hi All,
this is a quicky, in pro/e ill create multiple components and save them in seperate folders depending on what they are (contacts, plastics, screws...).
When i created the assembly, everything was nice and dandy no hiccups. But now when i try to open that assembly, it always comes back with the notice that it cant find the components. Is this becuase the assembly is saved in a different folder than the components?
this is a quicky, in pro/e ill create multiple components and save them in seperate folders depending on what they are (contacts, plastics, screws...).
When i created the assembly, everything was nice and dandy no hiccups. But now when i try to open that assembly, it always comes back with the notice that it cant find the components. Is this becuase the assembly is saved in a different folder than the components?
~~Joe





RE: Components & Assemblies cant find each other.
RE: Components & Assemblies cant find each other.
im kinda retarded when it comes to programming stuff and the config.pro is a mystery to me.
but i work at a company that just recently (2 years ago) got pro e and we have been wanting a way to save everything seperately according to what they are instead of one big folder with everything.
thank you for your help
RE: Components & Assemblies cant find each other.
Pro/E loads 3 config.pro files on startup and the user can load additional files at any time. The default ones are in the install_dir\text, user's home dir & initial working dir. THESE FILES DO NOT EXIST BY DEFAULT, you have to make them. They are just ascii text files. They can hold one or thousands of entries. You really need to use the Pro/E help system or the PTC website for all the myriad of options.
To add search_path settings just add lines like:
search_path C:\cad_dir\parts
search_path C:\cad_dir\assys
I ususally just use a text editor but you can edit the files while in Pro/E as well. Tools/options.
RE: Components & Assemblies cant find each other.
Failry simple to create:
1. Open cmd window and run the command:
dir c:\working_directory /s /a:d /b > c:\pro\search.pro
where "c:\working directory" is the folder location that you have all your projects and parts and "c:\pro" is the location you want to keep your search file. (NOTE: the directory must exist that you are dumping the search.pro file into, this dos command will not create the directory for you.)
2. Edit your config pro to include the option search_path_file and browse to the search.pro file you created in step one.
This can be handy if set up in a batch file and placed on the network so that multiple user stations can point to a master search.pro.
RE: Components & Assemblies cant find each other.