UG files creating back ups 3

[Ripper2009]

Hello all..

...Friday...I can almost taste it....

My issue: UG files open in SolidWorks creates back ups that wont deleate/go away. This is filling up disk space quickly.
I have looked in Tools > Backup/Recovery - Im thinking that area is for SW stuff only.

Does anyone have a way to say..automatically stop UG's from backing up or automatically making them deleate upon closing the application?

Thanks,

Rip


SolidWorks 2007
SP 4.0

 

[CorBlimeyLimey]

Which programme is doing the backup?

Where are the files being backed up to? Do you have permission to delete from that folder?

 

[Ripper2009]

Hi CBL,

Heres a screen shot of a directory with the "duplicates" in them - so the file gets saved in the same directory as the original file.

http://www.mooload.com/new/file.php?file=file01/090807/1186677768/RIP.doc&s=t

Thanks,

Rip


SolidWorks 2007
SP 4.0

 

[Ripper2009]

Yes, they have permission as well.

Thanks,

Rip


SolidWorks 2007
SP 4.0

 

[CorBlimeyLimey]

An aside while I'm waiting impatiently for MooLoad ... MooLoad is not the best choice if you are just posting images. It is a site meant for uploading larger files (not images) and the files are not kept for very long. It is also often very slow. It's taken about 10 minutes to download 15% of a piddly little file ... and I think it's about to time out or just crash.

ImageShack (or similar) is a dedicated image upload site and would be better. The files are also stored indefinitely.

 

[Ripper2009]

CBL:
You once had a list of sites that were good for uploading files.
Can you repost them?

Oh..any ideas as to what might be the problem?

Thanks,

Rip


SolidWorks 2007
SP 4.0

 

[JMirisola]

In the FAQ section:

http://www.eng-tips.com/faqs.cfm?fid=1100

Jeff Mirisola, CSWP
SW '07 SP2.0, Dell M90, Intel 2 Duo Core, 2GB RAM, nVidia 2500M

http://designsmarter.typepad.com/jeffs_blog

 

[CorBlimeyLimey]

I've never had to import a UG file, but the Help file mentions something about Tool Bodies in the Import Options. "Clear the option to import only the final bodies."
I have no idea what UG tool bodies are or if they are even related to the problem.

Can the UG ".prt" files not be deleted even after closing SW?

 

[Ripper2009]

Hi all.

Hows the week so far? Me...Not bad, really..

Ok...heres the latest update:

>>>>The UG files are producing duplicates when used with SW. Below is a quote from the lady having:
The goal is to not have the duplicates (solidworks files) created in the first place. The user can delete them, but more times than not they forget to do this....it's a bit of an administration headache.<<<<

So...SW is somehow vreating a lotta dupes--not just backups.

Any thoughts?

Thanks,

Rip


SolidWorks 2007
SP 4.0

 

[dgowans]

Rip,

It sounds to me like you're wanting to be able to import a UG file into SWX but not create a SWX file? If this is what you want, it can't be done. How can you have a SWX part without a part file?

For example:

You have a UG file named 123456.prt. You import this into SWX, which creates 123456.sldprt. Granted, the file names are similar enough that you could get confused, but this is a file management issue, not a SWX issue.

If I've misinterpreted your problem, please feel free to clarify.

 

[Ripper2009]

Hi dgowan - - - -

Thanks for the reply. The issues not with the actual creating of a SW file from UG file creating one file in SW is cool- -for some reason, it seems to be creating dupes in SW of the same file. This is taking up massive amounts of disk space.
So, its the many duplicates that are messing the works.

Thanks!!

Thanks,

Rip


SolidWorks 2007
SP 4.0

 

[CorBlimeyLimey]

Now I'm confused. Is it the UG ".prt" files which can't be removed after they are imported, or is SW creating duplicates/backups of its own ".sldprt" and ".sldasm" files?

 

[dgowans]

Rip,

I've never seen a case where SWX creates duplicate files - are you certain that the options are set such that the backup files are being created in a separate directory?

I'd check the backup options - it almost sounds like you've got your backup directory set to a network directory which for some reason isn't available. I'm not sure, but I think SWX will by default put the backup files on your current working directory in that case.