Search paths
Search paths
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I know this has been discussed here before, but throughout the years I have never had any luck with search paths.
So, I have an assembly at "D:\Pro E\...\deflector" and a bunch of bolts in that assembly are at "D:\Pro E\Common". I have a search.pro file with a single line:
search_path D:\Pro E\Common
I then have a config.pro entry "search_path_file D:\Pro E\search.pro"
Every time I open the assembly the bolts are never found and I have to manually point it to the common folder. For good measure I even added the "search_path D:\Pro E\Common" directly to my config.pro, with no luck.
I am pretty sure the issue is coming from the space in my Pro E folder name. If I move the common folder to the drive's root and adjust my search path accordingly, it works no problem. Is there some way I can notate this folder in a way that it will work?
I am currently running WF5, but never had luck with WF4 either. I am running WIN XP 64bit.
So, I have an assembly at "D:\Pro E\...\deflector" and a bunch of bolts in that assembly are at "D:\Pro E\Common". I have a search.pro file with a single line:
search_path D:\Pro E\Common
I then have a config.pro entry "search_path_file D:\Pro E\search.pro"
Every time I open the assembly the bolts are never found and I have to manually point it to the common folder. For good measure I even added the "search_path D:\Pro E\Common" directly to my config.pro, with no luck.
I am pretty sure the issue is coming from the space in my Pro E folder name. If I move the common folder to the drive's root and adjust my search path accordingly, it works no problem. Is there some way I can notate this folder in a way that it will work?
I am currently running WF5, but never had luck with WF4 either. I am running WIN XP 64bit.





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"D:\Pro E\Common"
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That doesn't work. I think it can't have spaces, but I don't want to rename it and have to redirect everything in that folder.
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2) Spaces in names are a know issue with PTC products. Rename your folders and files to eliminate spaces in the names.
If it works, renaming the folders won't hurt, becasue WF will now pick up the components automatically and you will save yourself the frustration of manually locating your common parts.
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If there isn't a way around this I will just have to put my common parts folders on the drives root. For what ever reason I can put the search.pro file in a folder with spaces and it finds that no problem. It is only a problem finding the common folder with spaces.
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Rbobroski, I'm not that bad, I have been using Pro/E for years now.
I have been pretty diligent about not using spaces in my folder names since back in the WF3 days it seemed to really goof things up. I somehow missed the fact that my root working directory had spaces when I moved everything over to the new computer.
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