is there a "save as" for assemblies?
is there a "save as" for assemblies?
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I have a large assembly with over 400 components all saved into one folder on my computer. I've been working this assembly for a while now so I have many files in this folder that are no longer used in the actual assembly. Is there some way to have NX6 copy all files that are actually used in the assembly into another directory? This would allow me to easily weed out all the 'old' unused files from my computer.
I'm aware of the clone command and it does what I want with the exception being that it renames the files. I want to preserve my original file names.
Any ideas?
Thanks.
I'm aware of the clone command and it does what I want with the exception being that it renames the files. I want to preserve my original file names.
Any ideas?
Thanks.





RE: is there a "save as" for assemblies?
RE: is there a "save as" for assemblies?
What I want to do is make a copy of every file represented by component names in my assembly navigator into a new directory on my computer. That way I won't have idea#5.prt cluttering things up anymore...
RE: is there a "save as" for assemblies?
Perhaps ugzip will work? thread561-262977: Assembly cloning procedure without rename.
thread561-274617: Clone Assembly
Or 2 clone operations (see Ben's response) in: thread561-126693: Cloning Assembly and all children
RE: is there a "save as" for assemblies?
Note that the zip option in the above answer is a very good choice.
You must use the log file feature in the clone command. Create a log file edit it and then perform a clone with that edited file.
For example: Go to clone menu, check all as needed, then put a naming rule which add a weird prefix (kkkk_), then check dry run and fill the log file destination, execute (no clone is done).
Edit the log file created, replace all kkkk_ with nothing, change NAMING_RULE with USER_NAME in the header and delete the header line with the prefix.
Now is time to clone the assembly, use then the log file to create the clone.
The job is done.
Hope this helps.
RE: is there a "save as" for assemblies?
RE: is there a "save as" for assemblies?
Modifying the clone log file did seem to work, however. Thanks!
I'm going to look at the UGzip too for educational purposes.
Thanks a million for everyone's help!
RE: is there a "save as" for assemblies?
RE: is there a "save as" for assemblies?
You should backup the directory just in case some files are modified by the part cleanup.
RE: is there a "save as" for assemblies?
You should backup the directory just in case some files are not modified by the part cleanup.