prt file replaced by iges file..OOPS??

[rmorgan890]

I'm using NX 6.0.0.24.

Recently, a UG part file came up missing. We're still investigating, but I noticed that in a text file created by a iges creation it says, "Creating the UG part (Phase 3 of 3): 12-DEC-2011 12:54:25 PM. Replacing Part: Z:\xxxxx\xxxxx-DIE.prt".

I did not know that a prt file could be replaced by an iges file. Is this what happened? I worked on this prt file over a period of a couple days, so I know I had a saved verrsion of this file.

Any thoughts??

 

[Toost]

Be careful when running Iges / Step (and maybe other formats also) conversions, :
Many people use to test an export in one of these formats by re-importing the iges / stepfile into NX to see if /how the conversion went.
NX WILL create on importing( in the background) new NX-parts with the same name as the original NX-part, but of course non parametric etc.

I have seen cases where then the Load options - search directory made NX load the "dead version" of the part instead of the correct part. ( The user probably received some warnings but ignored them.)

Therefore, always place the Iges / step files in some directory which cannot be mistaken for other than converted parts.
- And delete the "dead versions" when done.