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generating factory part for drawings

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Message 1 of 8
JimSteinmeyer
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generating factory part for drawings

I have a C-channel that I bent and then created a i-part of so that I could place both a formed and flat view in the drawing. After creating the drawing it was determined that the channel needed to be longer. Not a problem, open the factory, edit the part, open table and verify, close table and activate both parts, save and close factory. It's all good, until I run a print  and the flat part (-02) of the factory still shows the old length. Next I open the factory, select table and both members and generate. The message " not able to save factory" appears. Any ideas as to what would cause this?

 

Thank you

 

Jim

Inventor Premium 2013 SP1.1
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Ya, my boss has me running my personal machine at work.
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rhasell
in reply to: JimSteinmeyer

Hi

 

Did you try re-generating the files ?

I have had a similar problem where iParts did not update the Drawing dimensions correctly,  A rebuild all fixed this.

 

Reg
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Message 3 of 8

Yes. I opened the factory, selected the table and all (both) members of the factory, and then RMB and Generate. That is when I obtained the "can not save factory" responce.

 

Thank you

Jim

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karthur1
in reply to: JimSteinmeyer

Do you have the children checked out?

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JimSteinmeyer
in reply to: karthur1

Yes, in fact I haven't checked any of the assembly in yet.

Jim

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Message 6 of 8
swalton
in reply to: JimSteinmeyer

I usually create an "update" assembly for my iComponents.  I place each member of my iPart/iAssembly in it.  I use the update all button to force each member to update.

 

This assembly is also handy working with Vault because i can check-out all the members and update them at once.  I find that the "generate files" command is not very reliable if the members already exist on disk or in vault.

 

 

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Message 7 of 8
JimSteinmeyer
in reply to: swalton

So you create a dummy assembly and place one instance of each factory part in it then simply use the update icon in the Manage tab? I will have to try that and see how it works for me. Does seem like a convoluted work-around to me though.

Jim

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HP G71 notebook
celeron cpu w\ 4gb RAM and 64 bit system
Win 7 home premium

Ya, my boss has me running my personal machine at work.
Message 8 of 8
karthur1
in reply to: JimSteinmeyer


@JimSteinmeyer wrote:

So you create a dummy assembly and place one instance of each factory part in it ..


Thats what I do to keep all the children in sync.  When a change is made to the parent, just open the dummy iam, check everything out and hit the update button (if its lit).

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