Trying to get V4 Project files to work with V5

[HGMorgan]

Hello All,
Just joined the forum, have been reviewing content for a while. I did a search for this question. I'm having trouble seeing a customers dim & text in their drawings.

We are running V5. We have a customer that is sending us V4 files, they used "custom" Project Files, and we have obtained copies of those files. I have renamed the files and created the DLNAME folder per CATIA documentation.

Prior to setting up the DLNAME folder, I used to get the "No Internal or External PRJ files found" error. Now I am getting "Open failed due to invalid or inconsistent extension type".

Does anybody know how to make this work?

Thanks!

 

[solid7]

Several questions:

1) Are they on a Windows drive? (that would be C:, or wherever program and system files are stored)

2) Did you leave the .project file extension in lowercase letters? (no mixing upper and lower - all lowercase!)

3) Did you remove any illegal characters that may have come over from Unix?

If you double check all of these things, you should have them working.

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[HGMorgan]

Hi solid7,
1) They are on Windows XP hard drive, C:\DLNAME1
2) .project is in lc.
3) Removed the UNIX characters and replaced with _.

That's why I'm stumped, I feel I have followed the process correctly.

Thanks

 

[solid7]

HGMorgan - regardless of what anyone tells you, the Unix symbols don't always need to be removed. I have project table files that work perfectly without renaming. I only asked about it, because once you start renaming, you need to make sure EVERYTHING is just perfect.

Try taking the project tables, and using them, as-is. I do this most of the time.

Secondly, if you must rename, here is a tip - Open a blank plain text document in Notepad. (NOT Wordpad) copy and paste one of the Unix part names (MB+Properties, Copy+Paste file name) into the document. Next, hit Ctrl+H in the Notepad document. When the "Find and Replace dialog comes up, copy and paste ONE of the "plus/minus" symbols into the "Find" box. Type an underscore ( _ ) into the "Replace" box. Hit "Replace All".

Now, do not close the "Find and Replace" dialog box. Just click into the document body, copy and paste the part name back into the properties box, and the file name is updated. Proceed to repeat this trick over an over, until every file is renamed. You will never miss or add one when doing it this way.

To make this trick work even better, DO NOT close the "Properties" box after you MB3 click the file. This way, when you either click it again, or find it on your desk top, the file name will be blank, and it will be that much more automated. I can rename entire project directories with lightning speed using this trick. However, I seldom need to to so...

Hope this helps.

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