Kathy,
Thank you for responding on this.
I was opening DA on the IAM not knowing the changes would not propagate
properly throughout the IPN & IDW.
OK. Now that that's clear , how is it possible to fix the IPN & IDW after
the damage has been done (changes already saved in IAM )?
When I look at the IDW & IPN in DA Manager, the names have changed there too
already. So what's to change? Any ideas?
Or should I just forget it & redo the & IPN & IDW?
Thanks!
Gary Cross
> > gcross@crossdesign.com
"KJohnson" wrote in message
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> Are you opening DA on the IDW or the IAM? You need to update the IPN and
> IDW in DA too. This is one step if you click DA from the IDW but a little
> more complicated from the IAM. You need to select the files that you
> renamed in DA before saving changes. You can crtl or shift click more
than
> one at a time. Then make sure that you have whatever file types checked
in
> the bottom pane as you require and hit find. This will find all files
that
> reference the selected files at the top. This way you can change the name
> of a part and have the part IDW update to the new part name too. Good
luck.
>
> Kathy Johnson
> "Gary Cross" wrote in message
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> > What's going on here. Anyone else experiencing this or am I the only
one?
> >
> > So far it seems impossible to change the file name of parts in an
assembly
> > IAM using Design Assistant (outside of IV) without corrupting the
> associated
> > IPN & IDW files.
> >
> > If you change the name back to what it was originally to try to save the
> > day, you get a message in the IDW file saying the referenced IPN file
> cannot
> > be resolved. Please open & resolve it before trying to use it in the IDW
> > File.
> > Then, the IPN file cannot be opened at all due to the infamous "Invalid
> > reference to segmented object used" error.
> >
> > I hope I am doing something wrong. Otherwise, this is basically a
> nightmare.
> > We have to be able to change part & assembly file names down the road on
> > most projects with out having to do the IPN & IDW files over
> > everytime-that's nuts.
> >
> > Project options mode is Multi user=off
> > Design State of all files is set to WorkinProgress
> > These are fresh IV6 assemblies & parts used.
> >
> > Gary Cross
> > gcross@crossdesign.com
> >
> >
>
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