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"MechMan" <mechman> wrote in messageUse
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Design Assistant to copy and rename files. Open the IDW in DA, for each file
click on the cell in the Action column and change it to Copy, double-click in
the Name column and give the file a new name, save your
changes.
MechMan
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will correct me if I am wrong, but my understanding is that there is no way to
"redirect" an .idw to a new part. If you want to create a copied drawing that
is associated with the new part, then you need to make the copy before you
modify the part:
Open the .idw (<-this is important) in Design Assistant, and use the
Action column to copy the .idw and the associated .ipt. Rename both of them to
whatever the new name is. Then go in and modify your new part-- the new
drawing should follow the changes.
Dan Mayers
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"MechMan" <mechman> wrote in messageYou
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are correct Dan. My answer was incorrect based on my re-read of John's message
question.
John, as Dan said, you can't reassociate an exising model to an existing
drawing.
MechMan
Byron is right, I have done this many times. Copy part1.idw and part1.ipt to part1_updated.idw and part1_updated.ipt. Temporarily rename part1.idw to something else, then open part1_updated.idw: it will (naturally) not be able to find part1.ipt and ask you for the location. Choose part1_updated.ipt and save. Then rename the original part1.ipt back to that name, and everything should be good. But as others point out, this works best before any changes are made to the updated part.
Sam Bixler
Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis