I have an ipb using a dwf that has annotations over a few snapshots. I have an updated version of the dwf. I would like the updated dwf to replace the ipb that is already in my ipb. The steps I that I am using are:
Problem:
I now have the original dwf (in its original position) and the updated dwf (in a different position). The annotations are still fixed to the original dwf. Given that this project is painfully slow (dwf is only 10mb), I don't want to mess around moving my annotations to the position of the updated dwf (and I shouldn't have to).
Things to note:
When comparing to the video, the 'Check File Status' appears to do nothing on my workstation. This seems odd given that I have either replaced the dwf with the same filename or put the dwf in the same directory.
A simple 2 minute job has so far taken me 2hours due to the fact that this function doesn't seem to work and my 10mb dwf is making it run slow.
AD - please note that I cannot send you the ipb because it is in excess of 100mb.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Regards
cts2013
Hi,
I'm sorry that I can't reproduce your problem, I just get one dwf after update, just the update dwf, and the arrowhead position is moved to update position.
Could you tell me your e-mail address, I can send out a request to get the ipb file, you can upload large file to it.
Thank you
Na Miao
Please check your pm's
Regards
CTS2013
Update:
Files were sent to AD.
AD are able to reproduce my problem and will investigate.
Service pack available to fix this (confirmed):
List of fixes:
HTH
CTS2013
Thank you for letting us know it is fixed by the service pack we just released.
-Huan
That almost sounds like AD are surprised that my problem was fixed by the service pack!
Na Miao mentioned that it was on the list of things that a major update will fix.
Thank you for providing the files to us. Without your files we can't fix it.
Thank you very much
Why, when I replace the dxf with an updated one (same filename), do I have to go and redo all my visibility, colours, etc?
This makes Publisher even more time consuming
Hi,
Do you mean dwf file? if for dwf file, I don't think we need to redo it, the visiblily and color should be kept.
Thank you
Na Miao
DWF, my mistake.
Colour/ material/ visibility has to be re-done. Very annoying when the designers are constantly tweaking their models. Perhaps this wouldn't happen if I could use their IAMs but, frustratingly, I have no choice but to use DWFs.
I will try and get some video next time I am faced with this problem.
Regards
cts2013
Not the video that I mentioned, but just as good.
The left hand four images are my views as I have set them up and as I want them.
The right hand four images are after updating the dwf.
As you can see, it has simply done away with any views that I had.
Please help
regards
cts2013
hi,
Thank you for reporting this.
Could you please send the dataset to me? we will investigate it.
I have sent out the request file e-mail to you.
Thank you
Sent
Hi,
I have replayed to you in the e-mail yesterday, you can check it.
Thank you
Na Miao
The reason is that:
dwf file is not as inventor file, we can’t found the reference key in the model,if the components name changed we will consider it as a new component, in this case, we delete “*****.iam:131” and add a new component “*****.iam:3”. So the color/material/visibility can’t be kept, publisher doesn’t think they are the same components.
if you want the visibily/material/color kept in this document, you need make the component name same as the original.
In this case , you rename “*****.iam:3” to “*****.iam:131” in inventor and export it to dwf, then update dwf file, you will find color/material/visibility will be kept for “*****.iam:131”.
cts2013 replied to me that worked for him ,so mark this workaround here in case others will also meet it.
Thank you
I can confirm that this does work - it's actually rather obvious.
What isn't overly obvious (to me) is the fact that you can 'update from local file' which does away with your colo(u)rs/ materials/ visibility - I can't see how this would be of use to me.
Anyway - as 'na.miao' has mentioned, the model that you have updated, and need Publisher to update, needs to have the same filename.
regards
cts2013