topic Re: CONTENT CENTER FILENAMES in Inventor Forum

CONTENT CENTER FILENAMES

candon_schrock — Tue, 31 Oct 2023 18:46:47 GMT

I am trying to create a new content center family. Everything was going smoothly, then this error message kept popping up when I went to place test parts for the family. What can I do to fix this?

Re: CONTENT CENTER FILENAMES

Frederick_Law — Tue, 31 Oct 2023 18:52:42 GMT

Follow the instruction. Change generated member file names in new Family table.

Or you want to replace old one with new one?

Re: CONTENT CENTER FILENAMES

candon_schrock — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 11:00:34 GMT

This family will be completely separate from the old family. I had added "- REVAMP" to the end of each filename so there shouldn't be any duplicates.

Re: CONTENT CENTER FILENAMES

Frederick_Law — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 12:57:27 GMT

Shouldn't but it did cause a problem.

Double check the table.

Also a new family could/should put files in new folder.

Re: CONTENT CENTER FILENAMES

candon_schrock — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 12:59:47 GMT

The new family parts were going into a new folder and the filenames are for sure different. The error message still pops up.

Re: CONTENT CENTER FILENAMES

blandb — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 13:04:48 GMT

I believe I have seen that same message if you try publishing a part into a category but try to give the family the same name as another. Example, You have a metric category for bolts and you have an Inch category. Both have a family called "Hex Head Cap Screw". If the file names are different, then they each go into the same folder in CC called "Hex Head Cap Screw" but are saved as the file name you generate.

Re: CONTENT CENTER FILENAMES

candon_schrock — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 13:09:16 GMT

I've had that happen to me as well. These two families do have different names, so there should be zero chance the filenames are the same.

Re: CONTENT CENTER FILENAMES

blandb — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 13:11:36 GMT

Just out of curiosity, when you were playing around with CC, remember that CC will look local first, if the file exists, it will use it first. It doesn't rebuild from the Family Table every time. So, do you happen to have some local stuff it is looking at where you may not be getting what is in the family table? What if you wipe your local CC and try from blank slate. Do you get different results?

Re: CONTENT CENTER FILENAMES

candon_schrock — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 13:15:06 GMT

I did wipe my local drive and it was doing the same thing.

Re: CONTENT CENTER FILENAMES

dave.cutting — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 14:43:35 GMT

Hi,

Check the family folder names. They may be the same, and that's what is causing the warning.

The family names may be different, but Inventor is trying to save them into the same family folder.

Re: CONTENT CENTER FILENAMES

candon_schrock — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 14:45:36 GMT

So I actually just went back and just started over and now it works. Not sure what I did differently but it works. Thanks for all the all help!

Re: CONTENT CENTER FILENAMES

blandb — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 15:05:29 GMT

We currently do this and I don't get a warning. I have 2 different families with the same names, but the file names generated are different. They both go to the same folder in CC. I only get a warning when I initially published these indicating there could be an issue. We have 2 different vendors we buy elbows from and they both have segmented elbows, so our cc has folders to represent each vendor, and then sub-cats underneath that for instance "Elbows". Then there are the same family names called "Segmented Elbows".

Re: CONTENT CENTER FILENAMES

Anonymous — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 16:26:09 GMT

Keep in mind, as you generate CC families/parts, unseen by the user, Inventor generates system level unique name strings. Think how Inventor does Factory Design Assets, Frame Generator, Tube & Pipe, etc.

If these numbers get duplicated or corrupted, you can expect errors like this I would think.

At least, that's my understanding.