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Workflow in AutoCAD for similar parts is to open a past similar drawing, then save as for the new part number and make my edits. I would like to do this in Inventor, but I have a very specific situation that I cannot find an answer for.
I have created a multibody drawing of a sheet metal transition, with parameters named for key dimensions. I then have an assembly file made via Make Components merely because you cannot flatten when there is more than one body present. That assembly file then has a drawing file, with specific drawing views that we use. We then export that drawing to AutoCAD DWG so we can do our final edits in preparation for being cut on the laser. Please refrain from explaining all the different ways this can be done, there are very specific reasons we do it this way that we cannot adjust from, nor can I write up all these details for you. We do NOT design our own parts and receive customer files in every file type you can imagine (including .TIF and the occasional napkin) and most of our work is done in AutoCAD to get the parts ready to be lasered.
What I want to do is to be able to move the multibody ipt, the iam and its associated ipt part files, and the drawing file to a new folder location. Rename the multibody ipt, iam and drawing file to that of our new part number. The ipt part file names of the iam can stay the same. Then, make our parameter changes to the ipt, update the iam and then of course the drawing is also updated, and then simply export that drawing to AutoCAD DWG.
The resolve link works to keep the iam and ipt connection working, but the drawing file keeps its link with its original file, even though it has a new file name. A key part to this being beneficial to us is not having to create a new drawing file with all the views and dimensions again and again.
I've looked through all the different ways to export/save as copy/etc, but I cannot find anything that will allow me to move all 3 files to a new location, with a new file name and still be connected to each other. If I can accomplish this, it will save a great deal of time in our workflow.