Drawing & ’interchange groups’ error

[dgs]

WF2, M220


I have a drawing with 2 models. The main (active) model is a part, the secondary model is an assy. When hitting 'regen' in the drawing, I get this error:
<BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">


Aborting replacement. No common interchange groups in memory.</BLOCKQUOTE>
The drawing, format, art and assy are the only things in memory. Opening the assembly to check for replacement errors finds no errors. Hitting regen there doesn't get that error. The assy is not family table driven.
Anyone know what's going on here?

 

[vlad1979]

See if your part and assy belong to a interchange group.


Open each one then go to edit / setup / interchange/ show. If there is a interchange group showing and you don't need it then delete it, same as before edit / setup / interchange/ remove.

 

[dgs]

That was it. Two components in the assy were tagged as being a prt of an old interchange group that no longer existed.


Typical of Pro|E, it spits out an obscure error in an obscure context. Why did this error only occur in the drawing and not the assy that these parts belonged to? What not give me the name of the part generating the error? Why even generate the error when there was no replacement happening (ie no family table)? What's the point of the error if it's so useless that it doesn't lead one to figuring out how to correct it.


And they wonder why folks rant about Pro|E.

 

[conrat]

dgs,

The point you made, "give me the name of the part generating the error" is my biggest complaint about this. PTC needs to list the part name for every error, as I am tired of trying to work voodoo to figure out what the heck is going on.

I will try vlad1979's suggestion for the same error, which I am receiving.


Thanks,
Jim

ps - PTC has no mention of this error in their knowledge base. Once again, MCAD Central offers more insight into PTC's software than PTC does.