drawings in different folders from the model

[aafuni]

Is there a way to store you drw file in a different location from your prt file? Is there a search.pro type configuration for where to look for models that are included in a drawing?
Thanks

 

[looslib]

Seach.pro should work for drawings the same as it does for assemblies. It tells Wildfire where to find components that aren't in the directory with the file being opened.


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Ben Loosli

 

[aafuni]

My search.pro must be wrong somehow then.
I currently have a list in the format as follows:
'D:\path1'
'D:\path2'
'\\server1\path1'
'\\server1\path2'

Currently all of the drawings are at \\server1\path1 and the models are at \\server1\path2 and if I open a drawing in Pro/E I get the model not in folder error.

I also tried it with the network location mapped to a network drive as well, so \\server1\path1 mapped to z:\path1 with no luck.

Assemblies using components in the D:\path1 and 2 locations work just fine.

 

[aafuni]

Actually, if there is a space in the path name, Pro/E doesn't like it? That may be my issue.

 

[jbeckhou]

just wondering. Why do you want to store the drawing in a different folder then the model?

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[aafuni]

I don't, but the company has decided that that is how they want to do it.

Also, turns out the spaces in the path name were not the issue.

 

[aafuni]

Still stuck on this. Is this something I can do with Pro/E, or do the drawings need to be in the same location as the models?

 

[dgallup]

Pro/E can easily cope with files scattered all over the place as long as you set everything up properly.

You are either not correctly telling Pro/E where your search.pro file is or you don't have the correct format/data in the search.pro file. I never use a search.pro myself. Just one more level of complexity. I just put search_path statements in the config.pro.

Beware any spaces in paths. You have to enclose them in quotes.