`Failed to save document' in Solidworks 2

[Kensai]

about 20% of the time, documents (.sldprt ; .sldasm ; .sdldrw) `failed to save document'.

To try and resolve the problem i have tried different network permissions, from user to administrator.
Tried 4 different PCs from a 1.7 celeron to dual Xeon rig.
Tried using a differnet network cable.
Tried using openGL.
Tried using different VGA card.
Tried using different VGA card drivers.
Tried re-installing more than once (with anti-v disabled!!)
Tried making all the files read and write enabled.
After six months I am TIRED of trying, can someone please offer some help?

 

[SBaugh]

I agree with Jason, that it's time to format the HDD and rebuild the PC from the ground up. Might as well go to XP if your going to format it.

Just a thought.

Regards,

Scott Baugh, CSWP
3DVision Technologies

http://www.3dvisiontech.com

http://www.scottjbaugh.com

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[Kensai]

Hi guys,

If you read the initial post you'll see that avenue has been covered.

Do you guys have win2k? If so, what permissions do you have, did you install SW yourselves?
Do you have PDM works?
Do you save over a windows network?

What about all the error logs, isn't there a strong case that the server and client computers are not properly configured?
I am ready to go out and buy an Etch-a-sketch!

 

[meintsi]

I'll toss in a bit here, agree with either a permissions issue or some sort of network setting issue.

Last summer we got a new Win2003 server and these "Failed to save document" warnings started to appear. Back then, the workstations were running WinNT and SW2001+.

Then in October the new Dell workststions were upgraded to WinXP Pro with SW2005SP0.1 and the random errors still appear.

No rhyme or reason, very intermittant and random, and nothing in generated in the Event Viewer logs when they do occur.

Similarly, we also get a "Failed to print document error" everytime we print to the HP plotter, but if you ignore the error, the document plots anyway.

If we EVER solve this, we'll let you know.........



Remember...
"If you don't use your head,
your going to have to use your feet."

 

[cninneman]

meintsi,

We get the exact same error with our HP 450C plotter. I tried every setting I could think of to correct it, nothing worked. Just ignore the error and eventually it plots. For a while I thought it was a memory issue, but that doesn't seem to be the case. Just thought I'd let you know you're not alone with this.

 

[ctopher]

I just had this problem on another users pc today. I changed the auto backup from a folder on the network to a local folder. It fixed the problem.

Chris
Sr. Mechanical Designer, CAD
SolidWorks 2005 SP0.1

 

[Theophilus]

For what it's worth, the printer "errors" may be a result of using the automatically-installed drivers from Windows instead of from the printer vendor--or the other way around. So the printer has drivers capable of printing, but they are not the drivers Windows expects to use--hence the error message.


Jeff Mowry

http://www.industrialdesignhaus.com

Reality is no respecter of good intentions.

 

[Kensai]

Event Type: Warning
Event Source: MRxSmb

The redirector failed to determine the connection type.

All the SW stuff was move to my HDD, and the `FAILED TO SAVE DOCUMENT' error is still happening.

The only thing that has been common all this time has been WIN2K and the error messages that i have been receiving in the event viewer.

If it is a process of elimination to find the fault then the only thing remaining that has not been changed is WIN2K.
In particular the permissions and DNS setup.

I could do with a WIN2K expert giving me some advice.

 

[Kensai]

End of the saga,

The solution to this problem was not found.

The facts are, we don't not operate DNS or DCHP on our WIN2K network, maybe this could be the problem.

Could it be a throughput problem, maybe,

Whatever it is, I don't care anymore, all the SW files have been transfered to my new (yes another one)PC and i have been taken off the network domain.
I have not had anymore failed to save problems since.

thanks for all the replies guys, if you ever get a solution to this, you have my congratulations!

regards
fedup SW user