SW Explorer file referencing problem?

[dmctiernan]

Hi All,
I had a few comments/complaints from the rest of the guys in our design office in relation to file reference issues when an Project (ie. a top level assembly) is copied using Pack & Go. The top level assembly file is selected when in SW Explorer and all files and drawings are checked to be copied. A new location is selected and the project number is changed using "Select/Replace".

All files are then copied and renamed to the new location, however, a few times upon opening the top level assembly of the freshly copied project all files are still referencing their original components even though the copied and renamed files are all present in the new location. Also we have had issues with equations in the copied projects and components not updating correctly ie. still referencing the original files also.

We are using SW2007 SP4.0 and SP5.0 and we all have seen this issues a few times.

Has anybody else experienced any similar file referencing issues on copied assemblies/components/equations.

Thanks,
Declan.

 

[josephv]

Hello Declan,

Haven't experienced these problems. In fact, we have been impressed how well external references and equations have worked with Pack and Go.

You may want to run an Rx report to capture this problem and then sent it to your VAR.

cheers,

 

[CorBlimeyLimey]

I haven't tried an assy with an equation, but P&G has always worked excellent for me.

 

[TheTick]

P&G never fails to fail to get all the drawings for me, even if they are in the same folder.

If you are copying a top-level assembly w/o drawings, I find it safer (though more tedious) to do a Save-as w/ references.

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[jobiewan99]

I don't know about equations, but this happens to me almost every time I pack and go. However, for me it is more or less just a tree refreshing issue.

When I open a newly copied assembly, the feature tree shows the old name, but if I RMB/properties on one of the parts, the file path and name are correct. So all I have to do is CTL-Q and my feature tree refreshes.

Hopefully your issue is as simple as this?

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