"Save As" an assembly and parts with equation

[rgrayclamps]

Hi,

I am having an issue with "Save As" command. When I save an assembly model (*.sldasm) together with selective components, SW indicated that I saved them successfully. But equations I have in eithor parts' model or the assembly model do not get updated to file names of the new created assembly and parts.

When I use "Pack n Go", I do not have the issue. Did anyone experience this issue?

Best regards,

Alex

 

[Gupta65]

Equations as tied to file name and they don't get updated if you do a save as whereas during P&G, the file name doesn't change (until you change it)

Deepak Gupta
SW 2010 SP4.0 & 2011 SP1.0
DriveWorks Pro 7 SP5
Boxer's SolidWorks™ Blog

 

[rgrayclamps]

Hi, Deepak:

So, you have the same issue. It seems a bug. I am requesting a SPR via VAR with this issue.

Equations that are tied to file names do get updated during P&G with file name changes.

Best regards,

Alex

 

[EEnd]

I have seen this behavior as far back as 2008.

Eric

 

[rgrayclamps]

Hi,

I got a reply from SW that confirmed the issue. SW has been working on it.

Best regards,

Alex

 

[dedevo]

I have a few parts that use Global Vars saved in a .txt file. When I did P&G it sent all the parts to the new folder, and even the .txt files.
However, the individual parts still linked back to the OLD .txt

Original
..\[WIP] Model\vars.txt

New
..\Production\vars.txt

The part (now in "..\Production\") still looked to "..\[WIP] Model\" until I manually updated it.
Check that out too.

Devon, EIT [Mechanical]
Solidworks 2011 SP 1.0

 

[rgrayclamps]

Hi,

Interesting! It is a big bug, isn't it?

BTW, how do you use global vars in a *.txt file?

Best regards,

Alex

 

[AnnaWood]

It is a new feature in SW2011....

Anna Wood
Xeon W3680, Nvidia Quadro 4000, 12 Gb RAM, WD Velociraptor, Dell U3011 Monitor
SW2011 SP1, Windows 7 x64

http://www.solidmuse.com

http://www.phxswug.com

 

[dedevo]

how do you use global vars in a *.txt file?

Create a .txt file.

"height" = 10
"width" = 24
"var_name" = 2

Then in the Equations editor, import the .txt

I feel like it is a workaround for when out-of-context relations break a lot (ie. modifying sheet metal parts, faces and edges always change names).

Devon Murray, EIT [Mechanical]
Solidworks 2011 SP 2.0