Failed to Save Document...
Failed to Save Document...
(OP)
I saw a closed thread with a similar title... Time to open a new one!
So I have been getting this error a lot with a drawing document I made that contains six sheets and references 3 different assemblies. It was about 3M in size. I have since split the drawing document into 2 separate documents. One of the documents still gave me the error, however.
I had the file location open in Windows Explorer and noted the file size right after I clicked "save" and then watched it change after SW said that it "Failed to Save Document". This dialogue box is obviously lying in this case. The document was definitely saved. Other times I have been less fortunate.
Has anyone else experienced SW crying wolf?
So I have been getting this error a lot with a drawing document I made that contains six sheets and references 3 different assemblies. It was about 3M in size. I have since split the drawing document into 2 separate documents. One of the documents still gave me the error, however.
I had the file location open in Windows Explorer and noted the file size right after I clicked "save" and then watched it change after SW said that it "Failed to Save Document". This dialogue box is obviously lying in this case. The document was definitely saved. Other times I have been less fortunate.
Has anyone else experienced SW crying wolf?






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I have always been told its because we are working over a network with no PDM.
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Matt Lorono
CAD Engineer/ECN Analyst
Silicon Valley, CA
Lorono's SolidWorks Resources
Co-moderator of Solidworks Yahoo! Group
and Mechnical.Engineering Yahoo! Group
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Matt Lorono
CAD Engineer/ECN Analyst
Silicon Valley, CA
Lorono's SolidWorks Resources
Co-moderator of Solidworks Yahoo! Group
and Mechnical.Engineering Yahoo! Group
RE: Failed to Save Document...
It seems to be associated with attempts to save a document that references an assembly, or part of an assembly, that someone else has open... even if they are not changing the part, but e.g. working on a different assembly that uses the same part.
Our models have many parts, many of which are widely shared. In that way they are 'linked', and SW needs to keep track of all the links.
<conjecture>
It's sort of like the old DOS 'share error' problem, on a much grander scale. I'm guessing there's a little glitch in some huge decision tree inside SW that's just not quite right, and SW's regression test routines don't beat on the system hard enough to trigger the problem.
</conjecture>
Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
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Regards,
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Thankfully, I haven't had the need or opportunity to try it, so have no idea if it actually works for all (or any) situations.
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SW2008 Office Pro SP4.0
Intel Core 2 Duo CPU
2.2GHz, 2.00GB RAM
QuadroFX 3700
SpacePilot
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Regards,
Scott Baugh, CSWP![[pc2] pc2](https://www.tipmaster.com/images/pc2.gif)
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was due to his features and what was on the drawing,
The model had two features of a gasket, 1 relaxed and 1 the real shape of the gasket, and the drawing view was the relaxed feature and in the model the relaxed feature was suppressed, after unsuppressing it saved.
Frank
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Thanks for showing us the link to Michael Beem's method. I would never have found that one. A star for you.
Bradley
SolidWorks Pro 2009 x64, SP1.0
PDMWorks Workgroup, SolidWorks BOM,
HP xw8600,
64-bit Windows Vista Business
Service Pack 1
Intel Xeon CPU, 3.00 GHz, 16 GB RAM, Virtual memory 166682 MB,
nVidia Quadro FX 4600 Driver 7.15.11.6956
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Here's a quicker way of getting out of the Failed to Save loop in multi-configuration assemblies. It's similar to flipping to each configuration, but less tedious:
1. Right click a component in the feature manager
2. Select "configure component"
3. Down in the lower left corner, there's a rebuild button with a drop down thingy next to it (technical term). Hit the drop down and select "Rebuild All Configurations".
4. When it's done, click ok to exit the dialog.
5. You should be able to now save.
Where is the 'configure component' button? I could not find it on my right click.
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If the option is missing from the RMB menu, add it in via the Customize Menu link at the bottom.
If that works, RMB on any toolbar and select Customize > Options and then select both Show All options. This will add all options to all dropdown menus.