cyclic reference

[msklein]

what does cyclic reference mean? I have a error showing on a assy i opened, part does not show and part no in tree is lined out.
thanks
msk

[Anonymous]

I don't know how it is possible to occur but one guess would be an assembly is referencing itself (a child [top level] or a child of a child [several level apart]).

[msklein]

thanks, now all i have to understand is how i sent this question to customizion rather than the main forum.
msk

[Anonymous]

I had the same problem yesterday, but I figured it out what my problem was.

In the assembly, i had 3 different assemblies, and one of them had the same name as the main assembly.

e.g

Main assembly : 1001
1. assembly: 6001

2. assembly: 6002

3. assembly: 1001

When I saved my main assembly as "1001", inventor tried to open the main assembly where my 3. assembly should have been. And thats why my 3. assembly had "cyclic reference".

As soon as I changed the name of my main assembly, or my 3. assembly, it worked as it should 🙂

[sschneiderXHH8R]

Ten years later, your tip helped me out.  Thanks!