Replacing models with Family Members

[jelston]

I made copies of components in an assembly by using a family table. All was fine, they replaced with no remating. I saved and reopened the same day and all was well (this was Friday). Today, I come in and the assembly can't find the family members; it searches for the name and finds it (the default highlighted name shows up) but it still doesn't accept it. Any clues?

 

[kirancitd]

may be generic part renamed

 

[jelston]

may be generic part renamed

????

 

[ReinhardN]

two or more generic parts with the same name in different folders ?
The load sequence is
- memory
- working folder
- search paths
once the part is found, the search stops
ReinhardN

 

[jelston]

My problem is this: I had apart that was in several unrelated assemblies. I wanted to rename this part without having to open the numerous assemblies it was placed in. I didn't want to replace the partas an unrelated componentand have to remate all the mates of all the parts so i made a family and named it what i needed it to be and replaced the original part with the family member. Now, Pro/e CAN find the original part and the new family member (the search '*part*') finds the part, but it gives me an error message stating something to the effect (?) of "this ain't the part"