Inventor unresolved components

[Anonymous]

Hello.

I have problem with unresolved components. For begin... I work on default project and i save parts in server, but differents folders. When i create assemly and i want to reopen it, I get this tab (see picture 1.) I press ok. But in browser shows that some of details are not resolved (picture 2). Then i go on browser and press resolve files. Than comes resolve link tab, and i resolve all files manually (picture 3)... Why it's happening? It wasn't before. How i can do taht all these parts resolve automaticlly or be good without manual resolving at first.. 

THANK YOU

[Sergio.D.Suárez]

hi, check the project file, check that the folder where you are working and saving your files, is contained within the project file, if you look at picture 3 it says that you can not solve the reference since you can not find the file in the active project

[jtylerbc]

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@Anonymous wrote:

Hello.

I have problem with unresolved components.

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That's not actually your main problem.  It's just a symptom of a bigger issue.

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@Anonymous wrote:

I work on default project and i save parts in server, but differents folders.

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This is your real problem - a badly planned project file setup.  The Default project, unless you have customized it, is set up to work within the My Documents folder on your local hard drive.  You will have unresolved file issues until this is addressed.

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@Anonymous wrote:

Why it's happening? It wasn't before.

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Most likely, some files or folders were moved or renamed, which set off all the link breakage.  But the real cause is the way you are using your project file and organizing your files.  The risk of this happening was always there due to your setup, but you only recently did something to actually set it off and start seeing errors. 

You have likely been receiving warnings when placing parts in assemblies, or model views in drawings, saying that "the file is not in the search path of the active project file."  To get to the point where you currently are, you have probably been ignoring this message.  This is the problem that message was trying to warn you about.

You need to rethink your project file setup so that your files are all included in the workspace of a single project file.  Or alternatively, so that you're using multiple project files to work in different locations on unrelated items.

[johnsonshiue]

Hi! Another possibility is that the some files were saved in newer releases. The Inventor release you have cannot open the files directly.

Many thanks!

[Anonymous]

How we find, the problem will be (not sure) with folders in server. We usually take couple folded to general main computer folder from server. And they get letter (x, y,z) like hard disc or cd reader. So we think, that we change letters

of these local places. So that's why new or old parts didn't find the way to get to assembly... we will see how it will be and I let you know 🙂

[jtylerbc]

Drive renaming, when combined with the bad project file practices you described, would definitely trigger the unresolved references.

The project file setup is the root of the problem.  In most cases, a well-designed project file structure would be able to handle a drive letter change without much trouble.