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  • October 2, 2014
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Hello all, I have a assembly I am using. The parts I started using for the assembly got moved to different folders on accident and now the assembly cant find the files to use. Is there a way to tell creo to look in a new places for these files or to re associate them some how? Thanks in advance your help.

Frank


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Best answer by TomU

I do not think an assembly keeps track of where its required objects are located. It simply tries to open each file from all the locations it knows about. If you add these other folder locations to your search paths, Creo should be able to find and open the required files.

If you manually locate and open the required files before opening the assembly, when the assembly loads it will be able to use the files in session. Still, after saving the assembly and closing everything, I don't think it will be able to find them again if they aren't in the search path.

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Dale_Rosema
Dale_Rosema23-Emerald III
23-Emerald III
October 2, 2014

You can update your config.pro file to add the new location into the search path. Then it should be able to find the files that it cannot find now.

Thanks, Dale

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fphelps1-VisitorAuthor
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October 2, 2014

Thanks for the response Dale, but how do I tell Creo which paths go with which file. The files are located in multiple folders.

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TomU23-Emerald IV
23-Emerald IV
October 2, 2014

You really only want to have one copy of any file anywhere on the network. You're asking for big trouble with multiple copies.

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TomU23-Emerald IVAnswer
23-Emerald IV
October 2, 2014

I do not think an assembly keeps track of where its required objects are located. It simply tries to open each file from all the locations it knows about. If you add these other folder locations to your search paths, Creo should be able to find and open the required files.

If you manually locate and open the required files before opening the assembly, when the assembly loads it will be able to use the files in session. Still, after saving the assembly and closing everything, I don't think it will be able to find them again if they aren't in the search path.

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fphelps1-VisitorAuthor
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October 2, 2014

Thanks Tom. So the best plan of action is to keep all the part files in (1) folder, and not have seperate part folders for each part? Thanks again.

Dale_Rosema
Dale_Rosema23-Emerald III
23-Emerald III
October 2, 2014

Either (1) folder or several folders with each folder location in the search path.

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