Error - Instance name " encountered in 644 different generic models

[Dale_Rosema]

I am getting the following error:

Typically when I get this it has a valid instance name and I find duplicates and correct them.

Any suggestions on this? (Only two systems, so no Windchill here).

Thanks, 

Dale

[MartinHanak]

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@Dale_Rosema wrote:

I am getting the following error:

Typically when I get this it has a valid instance name and I find duplicates and correct them.

Any suggestions on this? (Only two systems, so no Windchill here).

Thanks, 

Dale

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Hi,

it seems to me that I saw this error message once. I'll try to find more information tomorrow.

[Dale_Rosema]

Thanks.

Usually the error is: Instance name abcd_1234  encountered in ### different generic models.

I cannot figure out the "

[MartinHanak · Accepted solution]

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@Dale_Rosema wrote:

Thanks.

Usually the error is: Instance name abcd_1234  encountered in ### different generic models.

I cannot figure out the "

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Hi,

look at https://community.ptc.com/t5/Part-Modeling/Locating-different-generic-models-that-contain-identical/td-p/566520?art_lang=en&posno=1&q=encountered%20different%20generic%20models&source=search 

It contains your reply ...

[Dale_Rosema]

Update index did the trick again.

Does anyone know why I might be getting this in the first place and how I can avoid it in the future (besides doing an index update).

FYI - I thought this looked familiar. I guess I need my short term memory to go back more than a couple of years.  🙂