Opening .idw crashes Inventor 2012

[nickv02]

Using Inventor 2012.

I have a .idw file with a Parts List in it that is linked to a .iam Assembly file.  If I open Inventor and attempt to open my .idw first, the program will crash.  If I open the .iam file, and THEN open the .idw, it works fine.  I have done the 'Manage' --> 'Rebuild All' function on all my files including the .iam, and it works once.  Then the next time I go to open the .idw on it's own, it crashes again. 

Any suggestions?

[sam_m]

have you migrated all the data?  sometimes these crashes occur when the idw or some of the components are still saved in the older-release.

[nickv02]

Everything was made in Inventor 2012.  I have had no other versions of the software.

[karthur1]

Try restarting inventor, then open just the idw.  In the open dialog, click options and check the defer updates button.  If it gets open then go to  Tools>Doc settings, drawing tab and uncheck the defer updates.

Sometimes it gets confused.

[nickv02]

Thank you for the response.

Yes, if I check "defer updates", the file will open.  Then I go to Tools - Doc Settings and uncheck defer.

Is this something I will have to do every time?  Because I saved the file, went and did something else, and tried to reopen the .idw (without checking 'defer updates') and it crashed again.

[karthur1]

"Usually" not something that you have to do everytime.  I just use it on occasions when Inventor crashes when its opening an idw.  Most of the time after I get the idw updated and saved, it opens fine after that. 

Under tools>App options, here is how i run.  Is this what you use?

[nickv02]

Mine is crashing every time unless I open it with defer updates.

I did not have those same settings, I changed them on my AppOptions and will test it out.

[karthur1]

Try checking all 4 boxes and then save it when you get it open.  Are you using vault?

[nickv02]

Not using Vault.

It's funny, because I can do these operations, and the .idw files will open and close just fine, until I open the assembly files they are linked to, and save them or do something in them, then the .idw files crash the program when I try to open them.

On the other hand, if I have *any* other, not even related file, open in Inventor, the .idw's will open just fine. 

[yun_chen_autodesk]

Hi

Can you send the dataset to yun.chen@autodesk.com so that we can take a quick look?

Thanks,

Yun Chen

Inventor Development

[nickv02]

Email sent.