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1-Visitor
January 20, 2014
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How to find circular references from large top level assembly?

  • January 20, 2014
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the typical way i have found circular references has always been to open an assembly and regenerate it and in my directory i would or wouldnt get a .crc file.

problem im having now is that im working with a large assembly(over 3,000 parts) and when i regen the top level it does NOT give me all the .crc available, only for specific top level so besides open all these assemblies individually, is there any other way of doind like a full regen through out the entire assembly and all sub assemblies to get all the .crc files to pop up?

i tried model check and im guessing because of the size of the assembly, it crashes my session and model helps me none.

please help

thank you

Carlos


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1-Visitor
January 20, 2014

You could try the reference viewer. I haven't used it myself but there is a section for finding circular paths. It'll be tomorrow before I can try it myself to see what I get.

1-Visitor
January 20, 2014

that would work from the top down? or from the bottom up?

thanks for the reply

12-Amethyst
January 20, 2014

Reference Viewer will report all circular references that you have at any level of your assembly, providing graphical clue about the circular path.

But overall it is quite strange that .crc file behaviour changed from version to version, it could be helpful if you submit the data to PTC tech support to analyse the differences. This might point to a bug in the system.

Regards

- Vlad