Design Assistant - Renaming Files

[Anonymous]

the Rename in the action box is in GREY and cannot be selected for a part for which I want to change the name..

how come?

thanks

[MikeKovacik4928]

See attached PDF with steps of how to change the name of a part using design assistant

Regards

Michael Kovacik
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[Anonymous]

You have to open the assembly where the file is used

[Anonymous]

 can't manage (rename) the partnumber

inventor asks to open it., Although the file is open, .. it keeps asking to open the file. 

[PaulMunford]

Please post a screenshot showing the entire design assistant interface...

[Anonymous]

It only works for the 'PARENT WORKSPACE' File location. So all the parts from the assembly can be renamed, but I can't rename the assembly itself.

If I want to rename the assembly, I need to put it in another assembly (in that way the new assembly = root and the nested assembly = Parent) 

Is it possible to skip this step and just rename the assembly from the first time? 

[jtylerbc · Accepted solution]

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@Anonymous wrote:

It only works for the 'PARENT WORKSPACE' File location. So all the parts from the assembly can be renamed, but I can't rename the assembly itself.

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If I'm understanding that correctly, then that is perfectly normal.  You can't rename the file you actually ran Design Assistant from - regardless of whether it's a part, assembly, or drawing.

If the assembly is used in a drawing or as a subassembly in a higher-level drawing, run Design Assistant on that to rename your assembly.  If not, then just rename it in Windows.  The purpose of Design Assistant is to be able to rename the files without breaking links between dependent Inventor files - if there are no dependent links to other files in the first place, then you can just rename it manually.