F3d Grabcad file won't open; need debug mode?!
In your download folder, there should be an _XRef_ folder. In that folder will be the referenced files. The Throttle assembly file and the TBar file should open for you. Is this enough?
ETFrench
Hi etfrench,
In the grabcad folder there is only the F3D file, only this and no other file types what could have anything to do with F360.
I'm a bit familiar with Solid edge and aware the assy is build up from several files. i assumed F360 is different in this.
The below is the downloaded from grabcad.
When opening this F360 gives the error below.
Regards Jeroen
When you attempt to open the file in Fusion 360, the _XRef_ folder will be created. It contains the external referenced files.
ETFrench
Hi etfrench,
Thanks for helping me out.
I think I know what you mean by the Xref folder being created, it does not happen when I try to open the assembly.
The file you attached doesn't open as well.
Still getting the same error.
Ive tried a different assembly from Grabcad and it works fine. still not seing the Xref file being created but it opened without problems.
Do you know what Mark is doing or means with the debug mode Mark hughes is talking about in the post Solved: Cannot open f3d file from GrabCAD - Autodesk Community - Fusion 360 ?
Regards Jeroen
The text command “Options.DebugEnvironment /show” adds a couple of buttons for local save and open, it also adds the ability to open locally saved f3z files. This might let you open this file, then you'll probably want to break any links to external references and disable history to get rid of any warnings in the timeline. Don't have time at the moment to experiment with this file.
Mark
Mark Hughes
Owner, Hughes Tooling
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Thanks @etfrench @HughesTooling for the help so far.
I eventually found the text command.
Eventough I can't seem to fix the problem I learned some things (and now see this forum in French without me changing the language and settings still set to englisch and I'm dutch so where that came from, I dont know. Bug maybe?).
Can you open the file at all etfrench? I'm having doubts that the file could be opened at all.
Regards
Jeroen
It opens, but only after selecting another unrelated valid .f3d. That also seems to be the only way to break out of the failure.
First error msg:
After selecting a different file:
Here's what it looks like opened:
@Phil.E The Cancel button on the Explorer dialog doesn't cancel the open file request. The user is stuck in a loop until he or she can find a valid file to open (which by the doesn't actually open, the bad file does.)
ETFrench
