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How to check which assemblies a part file references
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I was wondering is there is a way to select an Inventor part file and see which assembly file or files that is is currently used in ? It would be extremely useful to be able to see a list of all the assembly files which are using one particular part so when modifying the part you would know which assemblies would change.
Product Design Suite Ultimate 2013
64-bit HP Z400, Intel Xeon W3550 3.07GHz
12.0GB RAM, ATI FirePro V4800 (FireGL)
Re: How to check which assemblies a part file references
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Vault would be the best way to do that.
Inventor 2012 SP1
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Thank you very much for the reply, I'm sorry I forgot to mention I do not currently use Vault, I was wondering if there was a way to do this for non-Vault users ? Thanks
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I don't know of any way to do it without using Vault.
Inventor 2012 SP1
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OK thanks, I guess Vault is the way forward then ![]()
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In Design Assistant/Tools/Find/Where Used
You can use this. Beware
Only use this on Small Folder sturcture. If you scan a large folder sturcture it will take a week to find files.
I don't use it, But it's there to use.
Inventor 2013
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Thanks, could you post a screen shot of where this option is, I can't seem to find the 'where used' option is ?
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Like Doug said, be real careful where you use this, it literally could take days to run.
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Much appreciated. ![]()
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I am having trouble displaying the results from the search, it tells me 2 files found but does not display the details of the locations of the files etc. Please can you tell me how to do this ? (Screen shot attached)



