part names in assembly design trees not updating 1

[cmm]

Names of parts in assembly design trees do not update when I change the filenames of those parts. Anyone know how to make it update, either manually or automatically? I am still running v2003.. is this problem fixed in v2004?

Chris Montgomery
Mechanical Engineer

http://www.adaptivequipment.com

 

[JNR]

More data please. Exactly how are you "changing the filenames"? I can think of a number of possibilities immediately, all of which should work perfectly.

1. You open the part file and do a Save AS.
2. You do a Replace.
3. You edit component properties (slightly different issue, but could result in different names in the tree).

If you are changing file names in Windows outside the assembly and expecting SW to magically realize you have done this - ain't going to happen.



John Richards Sr. Mech. Engr.
Rockwell Collins Flight Dynamics

There are only 10 types of people in the world - those who understand binary and those who don't.

 

[SBaugh]

If you would have searched you might have found this - thread559-88644

Not a bug - it's a setting (even in SW03)

Tools\Options\System Options\External references\"Update component names when documents are replaced"

Regards,

Scott Baugh, CSWP

http://www.3dvisiontech.com

http://www.scottjbaugh.com

faq731-376

 

[dogarila]

cmm, it is a bug in SW2003 SP5.0. I think it was fixed in SP5.1. See thread559-78682.