Update Inventor internal naming of components
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I am a bit stumped on this issue (I think it should be fairly simple)
How to I make Inventor recognize the updated filenames of the components?
(see sample zip file)
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Scenario:
1. First Save filenames:
Assembly1.iam
PART1.ipt
Part2.ipt
PaRt3.ipt
2. Corrected the filenames to "proper" case
Assembly1.iam
Part1.ipt
Part2.ipt
Part3.ipt
3.
a. even in windows explorer, I can see the proper case, but in the BOM, Inventor sees the old filename text case
b. iLogic Design Copy also sees the old text case. so, if I create a new set of copies with a prefix, they had the same text case as #1
c. if I save from Assembly1, all the reference components, the component filenames revert back to the original text case (as per #1).
For testing, I used below rule to "force" save them
For Each oRefDoc As Document In ThisDoc.Document.AllReferencedDocuments
oRefDoc.Dirty = True
oRefDoc.Save
Next
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I even tried creating a copy of the components to save in proper case in a different drive. then using those files to overwrite those in the project workspace. But Inventor still see the old filenames text case.
Relocating files does not seem to work either.
I can rename the files, say from PART1.ipt to Part1-1.ipt then Save and rename again from Part1-1.ipt to Part1.ipt using Design Assistant and that would retain new filename text case. (but this solution is a bit tedious as the number of files that needed to be "renamed")
I could probably create a rule to save the components in different filenames then update all the file references so Inventor will refer to new filenames. And then update references again to the old filenames (with the proper text case)? But is there a better/simpler solution?
Also, I don't have Vault (if there was an option there but I cannot utilize)
Tried this using Inventor 2023.5