I'm trying to open my CNC project and I have an assembly in it that will not open. The file is in the correct location. I tried to open the assembly directly and it will not open. So I figure the file must be bad. I tried the old versions folder and tried to restore it from there. I had the option to open and not save and it opened. Then I went back and tried the open and restore. Again no luck.
I had a part reference problem during my last session. There was a step file assembly that I had imported into the assembly. It was a rail with two bearings. I copied the bearings and added them to the larger assembly. Then went back to the original file and deleted the bearings. I noticed that when I went to move the copied bearings I got and error. I could not move them because there was no reference part. I saved the part and figured I would go back and fix it later. Now the part will not open. I figure that's what caused the issue.
I have a backup copy of the entire project saved before the above errors. It's on a different drive. If I try to open it up I get the same unresolved link error. On top of that, if I open the assembly it will open and the bearings are missing! How is that possible? The complete part with all files folders and assemblies are on a separate drive saved months ago and the error is the same. I'm confused . . . any ideas??
- Allen
Are you using Projects (*.ipj) or are you using Vault?
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Possibly your Projects file, is pointing to different directories and file paths would be the first item that I would look at.
Either from the Start Menu: Start>Autodesk>Inventor>Tools>Project Editor or from within Inventor (need to have all files closed). You will need to make sure the Project you are using has it;s work directory point to the directory you are using for all your main files and any Library & CC directories are correct.