Cannot modify the library file

[randyp]

For some reason I cannot insert a file into an idw. It tells me "cannot modify the library file" "edits not allowed". I even opened an existing and tried to add it in the same idw with the same message. Any ideas?

[blair]

Not sure why you would be inserting a part into a drawing, unless you mean that you are creating a new view of a part in a drawing file.

You should be able to place a view of a Library part into a drawing. Library parts by the nature of the Project file at set a Read-Only. You will need to create a new Project file that sets the directory that the part resides in as the Work Directory to modify the part.

[randyp]

Wrong choice of words. I am working on a large project (Inventor 2014) and doing the detailing on it. Been working on this for several weeks and have several drawings in idw. but all of a sudden it gives me the "cannot modify library file" and has brought me to a complete halt. I went in another project and have no problems bringing the parts up in idw. so something tells me I did something but do not know what.

[blair · Accepted solution]

Check the directory that the IDW resides in against the Project work directory. Almost sounds like your Project file has been changed and the IDW now resides in a different directory.