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Hi,
I have a big assembly which consists of many sub-assemblies and parts. If I open the main assembly some of the sub-assemblies are getting a failure, but if I open sub-assemblies first and then the main assembly it works fine.
Note: the problem is not a missing component it is a failure of sub-assemblies.
Kindly share your experience and thoughts on this issue.
Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Ponnarasu Mathialagan.
@ponnarasu120 wrote:
Hi,
I have a big assembly which consists of many sub-assemblies and parts. If I open the main assembly some of the sub-assemblies are getting a failure, but if I open sub-assemblies first and then the main assembly it works fine.
Note: the problem is not a missing component it is a failure of sub-assemblies.
Kindly share your experience and thoughts on this issue.
Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Ponnarasu Mathialagan.
Hi,
it looks like subassemblies are located in separated directories.
You have to add search_path options pointing to these directories into config.pro file.
Hello Martin,
Thanks for your answer.
But as I mentioned the problem is not a missing component.
I assume it is about the difference in sub-assembly versions.
Regards,
Ponnarasu Mathialagan
Are you keeping the same sub-assemblies in different folders on your computer (or server)? This is a very bad practice and makes it impossible to know which is the latest file or even which file you are opening or have open currently.
Hi Stephen,
I'm using the sub-assemblies which are kept in different folders only. But, not the same subassembly in different folders.
Regards,
Ponnarasu Mathialagan
@ponnarasu120 wrote:
Hi Stephen,
I'm using the sub-assemblies which are kept in different folders only. But, not the same subassembly in different folders.
Regards,
Ponnarasu Mathialagan
... what search_path options are included in your config.pro file ? Can you publish them in next reply ?
Hi Martin,
There are many folder directories (For ex: search_path J:\pro_tekeningen\_CAD_Standard_folder\_FASTENERS) I have added in the config file.
I don't know which one you're asking for.
Can you give me an example?
Regards,
Ponnarasu Mathialagan
@ponnarasu120 wrote:
Hi Martin,
There are many folder directories (For ex: search_path J:\pro_tekeningen\_CAD_Standard_folder\_FASTENERS) I have added in the config file.
I don't know which one you're asking for.
Can you give me an example?
Regards,
Ponnarasu Mathialagan
Hi,
please verify whether config.pro file contains search_path option pointing to directory, where subassembly file is located.
Search path would be something like:
G:\Engineering\ProductA
G:\Engineering\ProductB
G:\Engineering\ProductC
G:\Engineering\ProductD
G:\Engineering\ProductE
G:\Engineering\ProductF
where ProductA, ..... ProductF are the folder names. And if you have many folders, this list will be long, but needs to contain each one.
It may be easier to utilize a search.pro file and then use a single line in your config.pro pointing to the search.pro file.
1) Create a folder for your search.pro file, it can be any name and location, but preferably on a network shared drive for all users to access.
2) In config.pro enter search_path_file set to the folder your search.pro file is in with the file name.
search_path_file x:\creo_settings\config\search.pro
3) Each line in search.pro is a folder that gets searched.
x:/creo_files\library\bolts
x:/creo_files\library\washers
x:/creo_files\library\nuts
x:/creo_files\product_a
x:/creo_files\product_b