idw corrupted.

[dmartin3L7FC]

I got a problem.  

Here is the problem. I finished a part, made a idw, stp & pdf. 8-13-2021.  This morning I open the “idw” this is what I found.  How does a saved “idw” in a folder get wrecked like this?  And how many other safely (supposedly) saved files can be corrupted without my input? 

Don Martin

[34mark713 · Accepted solution]

Hi,

My first guess would be someone edited you file after you saved it

Second guess was that someone created a new file with the same name that was in the Project path

[cadman777 · Accepted solution]

Man, that's sad, sorry to hear it!

What does the underlying part look like?
Is it still the same as it was when you finished making it, and used it to make the drawing?
If not, then maybe you can find one of the old files in the 'OldVersions' folder.

You can copy the most recent 'old' file to the main folder, change the last numbers to something that makes it slightly different from your original file, and then open it and see if it's the same as your finished part. If not, then go to the next older one in the 'OldVersions' folder, and do the same, and so on until you find one that's correct, or at least close to correct. Then close the drawing, rename the offending part (don't delete it!) so you know it's defective, and then rename that good part (from the 'OldVersions' folder) to the part you just renamed, and then reopen your idw file.

I've had this happen to me (did it to myself! not saying you did that though) a few times over the years when I got tired from overworking in the corporate slave colonies. What happened is, I manually copied a part that was open in the editor, and then planned on making a different version of that part out of the new part, but mistakenly changed THE WRONG PART! Then I had t go through all this (above) to just get my project back on track, b/c I accidentally deleted or over-wrote my old good part!

[phlyx]

Have seen this before and unfortunately, several times by my own hand.  Start a new part and save it, then edit it and edit it and finally get it to where I want.  Create an IDW and insert views of the part.  Save the IDW and print the IDW to a PDF.  Go back to the part and Save As to a STP file.  Then close Inventor (or have it crash) and the IPT is now back to my last save which was NOT how the part was when I created all the other files.  Thus, the IDW will not look like it was when I was done editing.

My suggestion would be to open the STP file and see what that looks like.  If that has your updates then either someone changed/edited it, or your last save(s) didn't actually save for some reason.

[dmartin3L7FC]

34MARK713 & cadman777-I see now the model state changed from the one I saved the idw with originally. I did some thing away from the idw that made the model state change. I just don’t know what or when.  I feel like I’m walking bare foot across  a parking lot of crushed glass.

Like your story cadman, I was "save a copy as-ing" and editing sketches to generate a variation from my first version and I too must have "fat fingered" one of my moves.  It is such a downer to finally meet the culprit and realize he has the same drivers license photo. 

[dmartin3L7FC]

34MARK713 & cadman777-I see now the model state changed from the one I saved the idw with originally. I did some thing away from the idw that made the model state change. I just don’t know what or when.  I feel like I’m walking bare foot across  a parking lot of crushed glass.

Like your story cadman, I was "save a copy as-ing" and editing sketches to generate a variation from my first version and I too must have "fat fingered" one of my moves.  It is such a downer to finally meet the culprit and realize he has the same drivers license photo. 

[cadman777]

LOL...just glad nobody's being taken into custody!

[dmartin3L7FC]

Thanks all

[mcgyvr]

@dmartin3L7FC  Are you aware of the "old versions" folder?

You should be able to restore that rather easily "IF" you have that on/enabled..

https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/inventor/troubleshooting/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/How-t...

[dmartin3L7FC]

It is enabled but I didn't find anything useful.  These parts were RH & LH. I mined the opposite hand part for feature details so I've rebuilt the original part. and adjusted it to the assembly.

[johnsonshiue]

Hi! When all annotations are sick, it usually means Inventor could not locate the geometry that the annotations are attached to. Either the model source has been replaced or the geometry is not longer available.

In general, Model States should help preserve annotation since the files are the same. However, it still depends on the type of change. If you could share an example that exhibits the behavior, it will be very helpful for us to understand the behavior better.

Many thanks!

[phlyx]

I like to live by the "Save-As-COPY --> <filename>-YYYY-MMDD.<extension>" occasionally to create an independent state of affairs I can refer back to. 

Then again I cannot seem to find the "Save-As-COPY --> WORLD-1975-0601.me" button.  😋

[cadman777 · Accepted solution]

Same here!