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    StefanoMenci
    Posts: 8
    Registered: ‎09-02-2011
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    How do I purge/clear the definition of a deleted component?

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    09-16-2011 01:31 PM

    I would like to get rid of the following problem:

     

    1) Create a new assembly

    2) Place the component Part1

    3) Delete the component jast inserted (now Part1 is not used)

    4) Create a new part

    5) Save as Part1 -> it says "cannot give a document the same name as an open document (or a document that is referenced by an open document, e.g. a part/assembly referenced by a drawing). Enter a different name for the document you owant to save."

     

    This is a simplified sequence. My real application is a VBA macro that does something similar. The first time works, the second time gets stuck because it remembers the component just deleted.

     

    Thanks,

    Stefano

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    blair
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    Registered: ‎11-13-2006

    Re: How do I purge/clear the definition of a deleted component?

    09-16-2011 01:36 PM in reply to: StefanoMenci

    Close and re-start Inventor is the only way I have been able to solve this issue

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    StefanoMenci
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    Registered: ‎09-02-2011

    Re: How do I purge/clear the definition of a deleted component?

    09-16-2011 02:22 PM in reply to: blair

    Found: Inventor - Manage - Refresh.

     

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