Opening generic of family table part while instances are in session 1

[davidinindy]

Does anyone else have problems with this?
I've got multiple instances of a part in session, and need to create another, but it won't let me open the generic part. It says "a model from another location is already in memory. Please enter a replacement name."
I've tried a couple different things, but they don't work.
I ended up closing my large assembly, erasing the parts in session, opening the part, asdding the instance, then opening the assembly and inserting the part.
this is a lot to go thru.
Am I missing something easier?
Thanks

David

 

[hydromech]

I can only tell you how we do it here...

Rename the generic model and put _gen at the end.

It seems like the generic and one of the instances have a conflict in the name.

Hydromech

 

[looslib]

NEVER name the genric the same as one of the instances.


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[robertib]

The way we do it is to open & look for files open in session. The reason you get this error is because when you open an instance, the generic is also opened.

 

[davidinindy]

ROBERTIB.
That worked for me... Star for ya!
I'm adding to family tables that someone else created long ago, and they weren't very consistant with how they did things.
Fun!

David

 

[3dlogix]

Actually, what is happening is that there are 2 parts with the same name but from different directories. It doesn't matter whether they are generic, instances or single parts.

What you need to do is decide which part becomes the "correct" part to use it from now on. Then replace the parts in the assemblies with this correct part, and move the duplicate named files somewhere else.

This error has nothing to do with generics and its instances.

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[davidinindy]

3DLOGIX. I'll have to check to see if the instances are all in the same directory... I thought they were.

David

 

[3dlogix]

David;

What you should do is open the assembly, do a Model Info and make sure to have the config.pro show the filepath. Then search for your "duplicate" parts to see what directories they come from.

Steve

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[davidinindy]

looslib,
I looked into them some more, and most of our family table files have the generic as one of the instances.
I've renamed the particular one I'm working on now, and made the generic name different. Seems to be working smoother now.
Thanks all for the input. Seems we had a little bit of everything wrong with the way these were made.

David