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Assembly Parts linking

Good morning,
How are you people? I am currently studying the availability of using Pro E in prototyping for Distribution Transformers. The main problem that i am
facing is that i got to put all the parts in the working
folder in order for the assembly yo work. Yet, if a
revision needed for a part, and if i have lots of
prototypes, a change in a part will not apply for the
other folders if i have many prototypes.

is there any way of assembling parts to a model without
it being in the working folder?

i know that such questions in the morning are not good,
but i really appreciate any help regarding this matter.
Thanks all, and have a nice day :)

Regards,
Hasan Al Masri
 
Manjith, arnt mapkeys used as short cuts for commands in
Pro E? here i am seeking something else. I want to assemble
parts from out of the Working Folder, and yet, i want the
model to pass when i reopen it again.
Thanks Mankith
 
The way I do this is to copy your original config.pro into the directory that you want to open from. Modify this config file in wordpad and add search_path to all folders that contain your other parts. When you set the working dir, manually load this config before opening the assembly. I rename the config file to match the assembly name so I know what is was made for. The only problem is that I have alot of config files but is worth it.
 
Krow, thanks alot! that really might help. i will try that.
i will dig up the config thing. would it be troublesome to
send me an example of confiq.pro to know how to do things
with the file? i really appreciate any help :)
 
If you want to get the parts out of working directory, the best options is adding a path in config.pro for search_path variable.


Or create search.pro file and type all paths in this file and point the location of search.pro file against search_path_file variable in config.pro .


Bytheway we use this for standard catalog parts. For manufactured items it is best to put all parts in the working directory. Ofcourse this is a matter of choice and need.


-Nawaz S K
 
if you use a pdm software your revision will trigger a parameter and up that on the drawing keeping the part number the same.
 

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