Our IT department has rearranged our file servers and drive mappings. We
used to keep our Inventor libraries on our "W:" drive. Now they want to
eliminate the "W:\" drive. I thought it would be matter of editing the
include project file (see old and new project files below). Not the case,
when opening an assembly using the new include file, each iPart child
displays a resolve link dialog, looking for its parent. It finds its parent
OK, but when you click the open button it gives you the "The location of the
selected file is not in the active project" error. You can use the Locations
windows to navigate to the correct library location and it works fine, but
since the child is in a library it can't be saved. What's got me scratching
my head is the Autodesk documentation states that when Inventor references a
library part it stores the Library name, Filename and Subfolder path. So you
would think changing the library paths but not the library name would work.
But the iPart children must store the entire path, which doesn't make much
since? Inventor won't let me start the VBA editor in an iPart, or else I
would take a look at the object model and try to get a better understanding
of what's going on.
My questions
1) Is this a bug in Inventor or is this supposes to be how it works?
2) Can the API of an iPart be accessed maybe with apprentice so the
path can be modified?
***Old Include file***
[Library Search Paths]
_Inventor Fastener Library V1=w:\LIV Inventor\Fasteners
_Component Library=w:\LIV Inventor\Component Library
_Fasteners=w:\LIV Inventor\Fasteners
Company Standards=w:\Inventor\Company Standards
Purchased Items=w:\Inventor\Purchased Items
_Purchased Items=w:\Inventor\Purchased Items - Children
Standard Hardware=w:\Inventor\Standard Hardware
_Standard Hardware=w:\Inventor\Standard Hardware - Children
***New Include file***
[Project Defaults]
MultiUser=None
UseRelative=FALSE
v=1
Vault Server=
Vault Name=
Vault Project=
Streamline Watch Folder=
[Included Path File]
[Library Search Paths]
_Inventor Fastener Library V1=\\Dtiliv01\DRAWINGS\LIV Inventor\Fasteners
_Component Library=\\Dtiliv01\DRAWINGS\LIV Inventor\Component Library
_Fasteners=\\Dtiliv01\DRAWINGS\LIV Inventor\Fasteners
Company Standards=\\Dtiliv01\DRAWINGS\Inventor\Company Standards
Purchased Items=\\Dtiliv01\DRAWINGS\Inventor\Purchased Items
_Purchased Items=\\Dtiliv01\DRAWINGS\Inventor\Purchased Items - Children
Standard Hardware=\\Dtiliv01\DRAWINGS\Inventor\Standard Hardware
_Standard Hardware=\\Dtiliv01\DRAWINGS\Inventor\Standard Hardware - Children
TIA
Rick