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I never assign part numbers until the end of a design either.
Here's what I do most of the time - but it may not work for you. I simply
create my parts and assemblies with descriptive file names and when the time
comes, I simply add the p/n's to the Properties of the parts - leaving the
descriptive filenames. This works with small projects but I doubt it will
work for a larger project or for installations with multiple users - you can
only have so many "LH Bracket" 's on your hard drive now right?
What I do with larger projects is after the assembly is complete or even
nearly complete, I open the assembly in Design Assistant and rename all the
files by adding a prefix to the filenames which contains the part number.
At this time I also massage the Properties to conform to my final desires.
HTH,
"tbrack" <tbrackbill@NOSPAMcox.net> wrote in message
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I've been reading thru the Project File document on the CD, but I'm not
sure
how we could set up project files and paths with the file structure we
have
now.
In our design process, about the last thing we do is assign numbers to new
unique parts and sub-assy's - along with searching for existing parts that
could work in the new assembly. Any new part numbers are the 'next
number'
from our ERP system - the number could be for an assembly, part, or
purchased item. All our (purchased & manufactured) part and assembly
files
are filed by part number (2D .dwg and older .tif files). Once the
assembly
is approved (done by one person), the new detail drawings are created by
the
rest of the department.
Given this system, it sounds impossible to set up an Inventor project to
fit
the final results unless you're psychic. This project system sounds
almost
architectural where a project is huge and unique (and everything named
referencing the project's name?) How does everyone else handle this?
I'm wondering if anyone just sets up generic names and folders during the
design process and then move/rename everything after finalizing the
assembly
(if this is even possible).