Finding a sketch reference

[Anonymous]

I'm searching through some parts created by other people (that are no longer here) and have found some sketches that are referenced to other parts.  I was wondering if there was a way to find out which part or assembly that sketch is being referenced to.  I searched the forums and noticed a few other post on this but none of them had any responses.  Hopefully someone knows something on this subject,

Inventor Professional 2010

Thanks

[Steve_Bahr]

If you have Vault, you could do a "where used" on the sketch in question.

[terje.antonsen]

I know this is old, but is there still no way to find where a prejected sketch reference is coming from??

(outside of Vault)

[FProcp]

I think this is a VERY BIG PROBLEM in Inventor

I have a model created by someone else and it's full of projected sketch references.

I cannot find out where the references are coming from.

THIS IS SO FRUSTRATING AND STUPID

[Heathos88]

I have the same issue: below a few screen grabs of what I'm seeing. 

Do we agree that this should have either:

A) A link directly to the file or

B) at least a pop-up showing the path to where the file is located

C) somtheing else more useful

  

[dan_inv09]

Do you have the assembly?

Design Assistant might be able to find the assemblies where the part goes and one should have the part that reference came from, I think.

Is this a.)a problem you're trying to solve right now or b.)are you putting together an IdeaStation suggestion?

If a.) you'd probably have to try and post the WHOLE dataset if you need help tracking down the files. If b.) let us know when we can vote for it.

[terje.antonsen]

Dan_inv09, I Consider this to be closer to an ideastation suggestion than an error on a specific file. 

In fact, personally I find it to be of such relevance that I consider it's abscence a program error, more than a wanted feature.

If design assistant can do it, I'd like to know how, even though I think that would be highly unpractical due to the fact that design assistant needs inventor to be closed. (or am I mixing it up with "resource transfer wizard?)

The usability should be as easy as when you right click a sketch geometry, and select "find in browser". It could show a "ghost" of the origin part, with a link to open that file. If in an assembly it could just highlight the reference source part, and f.ex. the edge in question.

If this isn't already a suggested feature, consider me baffled

[FProcp]

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I think this post by Heathos88 should be posted in the Inventor Ideastation forum.

Heathos, would you mind posting it in there?

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I have the same issue: below a few screen grabs of what I'm seeing. 

Do we agree that this should have either:

A) A link directly to the file or

B) at least a pop-up showing the path to where the file is located

C) somtheing else more useful

  

[terje.antonsen]

If you Heathos88, or anyone else makes an ideastation post of this, please link to it in this thread. If no one makes one by tomorrow, I'll do it. 

(to avoid double posting)

[Heathos88]

Thanks for the comments I've posted it here, hope its ok

http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-ideastation/finding-a-sketch-reference/idi-p/5423451