It will warn you if you try to same to the same directory as the
existing file, but not if you save to a different directory. This is
more an OS issue as an IV issue.
I have never had IV NOT save a file to my workspace, even when named the
same as a file in a workgroup, in fact it has caused me problems on a
couple of occasions.
droopy wrote:
> If I create a part and try to save it to my workspace with the same name as an existing part in the workgroup, there is no warning that the part number already exists. What happens is the new part is not saved in the workspace. Its like you never hit save. If you exit the model without knowing this, you loose everything.
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> Shouldn't Inventor warn you that the part number already exists in the workgroup, so you can save the file with a new name???
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> You can loose alot of work, because of this. The only warning that it didn't save, is that the file name in the active window still says "Part1". How often do you pay attention to that when you have one file open.
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