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ejenner1-Visitor
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February 24, 2015
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Creo 3 - Files in other folders in assemblies

  • February 24, 2015
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Due to space limitations, I had to put parts used in multiple projects in a different folder so they would only take up space once. In Creo 2, if an assembly had a part file it couldn't find because it was in another folder, you could right click and tell it where the file was. This was annoying to have to do anytime I opened an assembly, but necessary to conserve space.

This option appears to be missing from Creo 3, which breaks a ton of my past work since I can't find a way to get it to load these externally located parts. Not only that, but I tried moving one of the files that had previously been located elsewhere into the folder with the assembly and Creo 3 still won't load the part.

Is there some way to recover this functionality? Are all my old assemblies now completely and irreparably broken?

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    tbrotherhood12-Amethyst
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    February 25, 2015

    Elliott, PTC Creo uses search paths to locate parts from libraries. Adding the location of your frequently used models in the config.pro will solve this problem. A more complete explanation is in this post: Central Model Library - Creo Parametric

    If you are using the default config.pro file you will need admin permissions for the install folders to edit the file. Let us know how you get on.

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    tbrotherhood12-Amethyst
    12-Amethyst
    March 6, 2015

    Elliot, did you try adding search paths to your libraries?

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    fourfeeter1-Visitor
    1-Visitor
    August 14, 2017

    Creo is losing files from sub catalogs too. Is there any solution this problem?

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