Autodesk Reference Repair Utility - Child newer

[xavier_dumont1]

Hi all,

Autodesk Reference Repair Utility (ARRU), can't fix a parent file with a newer child. Ok, it's a limitation.

But I ask myself how ARRU while fix this scenario:

- "Assembly.iam (v1)" has a relationship with $\Designs\Folder A\Part.ipt (v1).

- A user create a Copy Design from this part to $\Designs\Folder B\Part.ipt

- A user change "$\Designs\Folder A\Part.ipt (v1)" to (v2) and update the "Assembly.iam (v1)" to (v2) in order to use this new part's version.

- A user Update the "$\Designs\Folder A\Part.ipt (v2)" to (v3).

- The admin purge the Vault => Old version of "$\Designs\Folder A\Part.ipt" are lost (v1) + (v2)

The original child is newer than the assembly and there is a older file who can match regarding filename and internal name but it's not the good one.

Now I scan with ARRU. Does this utility give me an information that "$\Designs\Folder B\Part.ipt" is the only file who can match the missing reference? Or does ARRU while give me only a ??? result?

Thanks in advance for your help.

[olearya]

Hi Xavier,

In this scenario V2 is not purged because it is still referenced by the assembly - there would need to be an existing reference issue that would permit purge of this version.  In essence though the automatic repair if it cannot find a date based version that it can make a repair with you will need to manually resolve the reference which is really the only safe resolution.