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Want to re-organize folder heirarchy; how to easily and quickly manage broken links?

Want to re-organize folder heirarchy; how to easily and quickly manage broken links?

Want to re-organize folder heirarchy; how to easily and quickly manage broken links?

(OP)
I hope I can clearly communicate what I want to do. I have template products that I "new from" often. Such as a machine table with a vise and the 4th axis assembly on it. The components for these products (the machine table, the vise parts, the 4th axis parts...) all reside in a master folder hierarchy.

I wish to better organize this hierarchy, but will be breaking possibly hundreds of links to work I have done over the past year or so.

My first train of thought was to open all applicable products at the same time and "find" the common components in my new hierarchy using the Desk, then save the products. This sounded logical to me, but experience with CATIA dictates that logic isn't necessarily the best route. My attempt did not work. The new link seemed to only save for one product and none of the others.

Can someone guide me on how to achieve what I am looking for, short of one-by-one opening,finding, saving a year worth of work?

Nick

Light structural commercial aircraft parts
PCDMIS 4.3 CAD++, CATIA V5 R20
APM Consortium Inc.
Cambridge Ontario, Canada

RE: Want to re-organize folder heirarchy; how to easily and quickly manage broken links?

(OP)
No replies. I have to do it one by one then eh?

Nick

Light structural commercial aircraft parts
PCDMIS 4.3 CAD++, CATIA V5 R20
APM Consortium Inc.
Cambridge Ontario, Canada

RE: Want to re-organize folder heirarchy; how to easily and quickly manage broken links?

Hi,

I would try to understand how Search Order is working. You can move your components how do you wish, what is important is Search Order, this will give CATIA the information what has to be load first (and from where).

You can export your active Search Order (as text file) and then insert the new paths in a text editor...

Regards
Fernando

https://picasaweb.google.com/102257836106335725208
https://picasaweb.google.com/103462806772634246699...

RE: Want to re-organize folder heirarchy; how to easily and quickly manage broken links?

(OP)
Ferdo, could you point me in the right direction on what/ where Search Order is or how I would make changes? I would try to use help, but currently I cannot access CATIA help (see my other active post)

For some unexplained reason there is an issue with Java/ plugins/ CATIA help.

Nick

Light structural commercial aircraft parts
PCDMIS 4.3 CAD++, CATIA V5 R20
APM Consortium Inc.
Cambridge Ontario, Canada

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