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I have a situation where I've lost an original drw file, or, one wasn't generated. How can I link the new drw file to the prt or asm file so if I need to save a copy& rename it, it will automatically generate the renamed drw file/files?
If I understand correcly your question, you have to name the .drw exactly the same as the .prt or .asm, so when you save a copy of your prt or asm, the drw is automaticaly create and is related to the new copy.
Note that you can also rename the drw only in session before making the copy.
The .prt or .asm file has already been generated with and/or without the .drw file. My problem comes in when I have to create/recreate the drw file from either the old .prt or .asm file. I generate the new .drw file fine but if I do a "save a copy" of the whole assembly at once, I get all the old .prt &.asmfiles withall of the old .drw files & none of thenewly generated .drw files.
It seems there is a lost link between the newer .drw file & the older .prt file.
I'm not certain I understand, nor is the subject something I'm
intimately familiar with, but ...
Old / new should make no difference.
If you have the appropriate config option(s) set (it appears you do
or it wouldn't copy 'old' drawings), your models and drawings are
"same name" and your 'new' drawings are in the search path (so the
system 'sees' them) your 'new' drawings should(?) copy.
Is there any document management software in the equation? (In which
case I'm really outta my element.)
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To add to ...
> How can I restore that link?
While there are links in drawings to specific models I don't think there
are any links in model files to drawings. That's why "same name" is
important. If that's not correct I hope someone will correct me. Edited by: jeff4136
All my files reside in my startup working folder (mapped) or a sub folder (which I generally have as the current working directory) off of that. All library parts reside on another server that have all the relevant folders mapped in my search.txt file. I checked these and found nonaming errors.
I have a start part file that SHOULD be used religiously. The start part template file is set to generate the .drw file automatically. Sometimes this template is used, sometimes not, maybe the .drw was inadvertantly deleted.
The folder structure is generally by customer_name... with a sub folder namedwith the p.o. #(no spaces)... & finally the model files generated sequentially. If the p.o. # is 2424 then my files are numbered 2424-1, 2424-2, 2424-3 & so on. I do this because 7 out of 10 times, the customer's changes tend to go to extremes with few similarities. (I'm not sure if family tables would help, another problem another time)
My current issue is when I go to use an older customer model. I open the top assembly & do a "save copy as" to create the files for the new order. This is when I find out which file has a drw with it. If those older files had a drw file that was not generated using the start part file, the drw that's there doesn't migrate during the "save copy as" process & I wind up with 10 to 15 files thatneed to be individually done.
The document management software is an on-going battle, likewise with drafting standards.
If there's no fix, at least seeing all this typed outhas lowered my stress level!
I'm at a loss to explain.
Just to make sure I've got this right; in your 2424-1 assembly you,
have, hypothetically, a 2424-19.prt that you've had to create a new
drawing for. It is named 2424-19.drw and is in either the current
directory or in a directory explicitly defined in a loaded search
path statement. You than Save a Copy of 2424-1 to a new directory,
2425, generating new 2425* names for not_Reused or all files which
includes, either way, 2424-19.prt. You then look in 2425 and see
2425-19.prt but no 2425-19.drw? That shouldn't happen if I understand
the way things work and barring possible complications like having
a simp rep active when doing the save as, etc.
You have most of that right. However, I need to save the 2424-1 assembly with the 2424-19 part in it, as new assembly 2425-1 with the renamed 2424-19. All files get generated with the new #'s including the 2424-19 prt as 2425-19 except there is no .drw file for it. I end up copying the file over individually.
That isn't so bad unless there are 15-20 of those missing drw files.
> All files get generated with the new #'s including the 2424-19
> prt as 2425-19 except there is no .drw file for it. I end up
> copying the file over individually.
_ There is a 2424-19.drw (in current working directory or a directory
defined in a search path statement?).
_ 2424-19.prt is renamed 2425-19.prt and is created in 2425 directory.
_ 2425-19.drw is not created?
I don't think that should happen and am at a loss to explain it.
Not sure if there's some nuance, caveat being missed (by either you or I),
version specific bug, ... ?
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