assembly is gone man!!!

[gatnact]

Last night I was working on an assembly and the server decided it was going to start updating and kick me out. I waited a little while restarted Solidworks and the assembly I was working on gave me an error that said my assembly contained an unexpected object. Can anyone tell me what this means and how to fix it. I checked my back up files and nothing useful in there.

 

[ctopher]

Your title says the assy is gone. Is it gone, or can you still open it but get the error?
If you can open it, try doing a "save as" somewhere maybe on the desktop then reopen the new one. If it's OK, save as over the old one with the error.

Chris
SolidWorks 06 5.1/PDMWorks 06
AutoCAD 06
ctopher's home (updated 02-10-07)

 

[sldwkmin]

Can you open each of the parts included in the assembly? Try opening each part and each sub assembly individualy. You may be able to narrow down that it's just a single file causing the problem not the entire assembly.

If you determine it is the assembly and it crashes out after the unexpected object error send the file to your VAR and they can forward to SW development. They may be able to repair the corrupted file.

Cole M
CSWP, CSWST, CSWI, CPDM
SW06
SW07
IBM T42p, 2g proc., 1g RAM,ATI Mobility Fire GL T2
HP XW4100, 3g proc., 3g RAM, Nvidia Quadro 980 XGL
HP XW4300, 3.4g proc, 2.5g RAM, ATI Fire GL 3100

 

[SBaugh]

Probably it corrupted the file... you will have to send it to your VAR and see if they can open the files... if not then it will have to sent to SW and see if they can repair the file(s).

Regards,

Scott Baugh, CSWP

http://www.scottjbaugh.com

faq731-376

 

[gatnact]

I cannot open the assembly without the error. I have narrowed it down to four sub assemblies, four important sub assemblies. I think we have decided to use the backup on other computers and rebuild from there.

 

[sldwkmin]

Submit it to your VAR they can have it repaired by Solidworks development.

Cole M
CSWP, CSWST, CSWI, CPDM
SW06
SW07
IBM T42p, 2g proc., 1g RAM,ATI Mobility Fire GL T2
HP XW4100, 3g proc., 3g RAM, Nvidia Quadro 980 XGL
HP XW4300, 3.4g proc, 2.5g RAM, ATI Fire GL 3100

 

[SBaugh]

But you have to send the entiore assembly and associated parts.

Regards,

Scott Baugh, CSWP

http://www.scottjbaugh.com

faq731-376

 

[gatnact]

We are in the process of doing just that and it is an extreamly large file. I am not sure if we have given up on that or not but I have rebuilt all the major components. It's a good thing this happened now because we are not backed up. Our IT person was under the assumption that we were but we are not. Thanks for all of the help.