Opening files of the same name but different folder.

[CorBlimeyLimey]

Just a survey for reference;

Can SE have two or more files open of the same name but from different folders?

Word can, but Excel and SW cannot.

 

[KENAT]

It appears it can, I couldn't remember for sure so just checked. I have a feeling things can get interesting if you have an assy open that uses those files but can't recall for sure.

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[swertel]

KENAT, it only gets interesting if you are using the File Management.txt file and have the keywords in a unique order to force SE to find files without using their absolute path.

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[PatCouture]

Just to add to Scott post, the absolute path in Solid Edge is always looking first in the same folder has the assembly. But I think it could work for same name files in completely different folders other that the assembly. I never tried it though.

Pat

 

[KENAT]

I may have been thinking of replacing parts, that can be a pain when both have the same file name.

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[PatCouture]

Kenat

It's effectively a pain because when you are working in an assembly, you can't replace a part with a part of the same name. To accomplish that you need to use revision manager.

Pat

 

[KENAT]

That's it, I couldnt' remember which way round it was, whether in Rev Manager or Assembly-replace part.

I thought I'd had trouble in rev mgr too but I can't remember now.

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[beachcomber]

In normal opereation, the first place SE looks for parts when opening an assembly is in the same folder as the assembly.
So if you have 2 part files with the same name, one in the assembly folder, one in a different folder, SE will not use the one in the different folder. You will also not be able to use this one in a 'Replace' command, whether in the Assembly or in Rev Manager.
If the parts are in different folders to the assembly you will still not be able to do a 'Replace' in the assembly, but I think will be able to do the replace using Rev Manager.
Hope this makes sense.

As Scott says, using the LinkManagement text file may change the way things work, but I wouldn't advise it.

You shouldn't really have 2 files with the same name anyway.

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[CorBlimeyLimey]

Thank you all.

There was a discussion in the official SolidWorks forum where someone had claimed that SW and Excel were the only programs which could not open same named files. I was looking for evidence to the contrary.

 

[PatCouture]

To answer your question directly, you can open a file from a certain folder and open a file with the same name but from a different folder at the same time with Solid Edge ST1

Patrick

 

[cadman1964]

You could always open files of the same name from different folders. We have a lot of same named components and some times we open 1 from 1 folder and other from another folder.

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