We have a problem with Vault / Inventor syncronisation. Assemblies in the browser are black, i.e. save not required. The file could be checked out or not. When you save the top level assembly you are asked to save some sub-assemblies "Save Copy As". It seems to happen most often with tube and pipe assemblies.
Other times we've had files that show as not checked out to me (cross against file) but it is my name that comes out as checked out to.
Is there a fix for these problems?
I've seen this before with Tube & Pipe, several years ago. Caused me some major headaches and a ton of rework. I suspect that if you check out the top level assembly, but not necessarily all of the pipe run subassemblies, that minor changes are occuring that affect those unchecked out subs, causing them to need a save.... of course since they are not checked out it defaults to Save Copy...
I agree that IMHO the safest thing to do with T&P is check out everything, that may take a little longer, but you should be covered in case something moves or needs updating in some subassemly somewhere.
Chris Benner
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@signmeup wrote:
Sometimes Vault does weird things.
I believe that may be the understatement of the day.
Chris Benner
Inventor Tube & Pipe, Vault Professional
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If you check out and Inventor later crash the checked out files will be read only. When you later try to check in the files Inventor tries to save copy as. Find the local copy of the file in Windows Explorer > Right click > Properties > Attributes > Uncheck Read Only. Maybe not the correct solution but a good workaround.