topic Cannot find Unresolved link in Inventor Forum

Cannot find Unresolved link

eleblanc — Wed, 22 Feb 2023 15:13:04 GMT

Hi,

I have a assembly of 169 parts, total of 644 instances, when i open the assembly i keep getting ask to resolve to a sub assembly i don't use anymore. Usually in the browser i see the unresolved icon. But for the love of god i cannot find where those unresolved sub assembly would be loaded. How can i track in which file those unresolved files are needed, if you can't see the unresolved icon?

Re: Cannot find Unresolved link

mluterman — Wed, 22 Feb 2023 15:20:54 GMT

You might want to try this handy utility ("Searchmyfiles" link below); like a "supercharged" Windows File Explorer. It will allow you to customize and focus your search (even within filetypes).

In this case you would want to search for any "*.iam" files within other "*.iam" files.

https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/search_my_files.html

Re: Cannot find Unresolved link

eleblanc — Wed, 22 Feb 2023 15:39:37 GMT

I want to find where in the inventor assembly (IAM) the unresolved link is missing. Not in windows explorer.

Re: Cannot find Unresolved link

mluterman — Wed, 22 Feb 2023 15:50:09 GMT

Did you try 'Rebuild All" yet?

Re: Cannot find Unresolved link

eleblanc — Wed, 22 Feb 2023 15:58:40 GMT

Hello, Sure did.

My guess is that somewhere i have a adaptive projection from those assembly i am not using anymore, and each time i open up the main assembly it is asking to resolve to those sub assembly. There as to be a easier way then opening up all the parts, search for adaptivity and browse down to see if a sketch resolves to those unused parts!?

Re: Cannot find Unresolved link

Frederick_Law — Wed, 22 Feb 2023 16:39:35 GMT

Try open the assembly in Design Assistant.

Re: Cannot find Unresolved link

eleblanc — Wed, 22 Feb 2023 16:52:49 GMT

I tried that.... i also tried to use the search tool at top of browser.

Re: Cannot find Unresolved link

Frederick_Law — Wed, 22 Feb 2023 17:01:27 GMT

That's another reason to avoid adaptive.

Not that it doesn't work, it's user not train to use it properly.

You might need to open each part and check their sketches.

Unless you remember which part used adaptive before.

Re: Cannot find Unresolved link

eleblanc — Wed, 22 Feb 2023 17:06:12 GMT

At this point i'm just speculating it could be a adaptivity issue. And if it was, i'd love to blame adaptivity and it sure does have its draw back, But i have never got into this issue in 15 years using inventor!. if it is a unresolved/broken adaptivity issue, usually the red cross of the design doctor would lit up and then its easy to track. But this time none of it. Oh i'm using 2022 latest patch... Might be a bug IMHO.

Re: Cannot find Unresolved link

Frederick_Law — Wed, 22 Feb 2023 17:16:27 GMT

Make a backup of all the files.

Create a new assembly with the name of the missing one.

Open the assembly again.

Good luck 😁

Re: Cannot find Unresolved link

johnsonshiue — Thu, 23 Feb 2023 00:00:57 GMT

Hi! I don't think adaptive would prompt for missing links. This is either a corruption or the project setting isn't set correctly or the files have been relocated. Are you using the Default project or a custom project? Have the files been relocated? When the Resolve dialog comes up, it should show where the old path was. Does the path still exist?

Many thanks!

Re: Cannot find Unresolved link

eleblanc — Thu, 23 Feb 2023 00:07:25 GMT

Hi,

Project path is correct all other sub assembly and parts load ok. yes the sub-assembly it is prompting for, has unresolved, do now exist anymore and as far as i am concern not used anywhere, thus puzzled why it is prompting for them. I guess my man assembly is somehow corupt.