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@phila wrote:There are instances where an assembly from the Common Parts folder is used on the different models of the product. They are not in a library like a switch or knob. If changed, it is for all model of the product. If they become unique, they get a new part number.
Product
Common Parts
Model 1
STEP Files
Model 2
STEP files
If I edit a part within the context of an assembly then finish edit without saving, then change something in the assembly and do a save, the standard dialog comes up asking if I want to save both files.
I click ok and both files are saved. The sub part which has the trigger to save as STEP when saved, gets run, which is fine but it saves the part with all the parts of the assembly not that part itself.
Inventor sees the assembly as the basis for the STEP file not the part being triggered and creates the STEP file with the correct name of the triggered file but with all the assembly parts.
Hope this makes sense.
So you want it to save both files from the assembly if you editted a part in place, and not only that but to asave it down to step and overwrite the old version in the appropriate folder?
Also, has the program also created a STEP folder in the wrong location, and do you specifically want the old versions to be deleted forever, or would you rather have them go to the recycle bin?
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