2 Replies Latest reply on Jan 9, 2014 4:13 PM by jay estess

Can't Unsuppress A Component - Component Cannot be Located?

Brent Theobald Dec 18, 2013 7:50 PM

What am I doing wrong?

I have a component that appears to be suppressed. When I unsuppress it nothing happens. It stays grayed out. When I hover over that component it tells me "the file for this component cannot be located". However, I can click on the part and open it. Normally I'd just delete it out and replace it. This time I have a many instances. I'd prefer not to have to reconstrain everything.

I have checked the file resides in the same directory as the assembly.

SW2012 SP2.0

Thank you!

ß!

Re: Can't Unsuppress A Component - Component Cannot be Located?

Glenn Schroeder Dec 18, 2013 8:39 PM (in response to Brent Theobald)

For some reason the assembly has lost (or thinks it has lost) the reference to the part. You might try opening the part first, then opening the assembly, and see if it opens OK. If that works, then Save and close both files. Open the assembly and it should be OK. If that doesn't work, I would suggest re-naming the part, then open the assembly, right-click on the suppressed part in the tree, and choose "Replace Component". Replace the suppressed component with the re-named one. If that works, and you need to change the name back to the original, do that with SW Explorer so it doesn't lose the link again.
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  jay estess Jan 9, 2014 4:13 PM (in response to Glenn Schroeder)
  
  I had the same problem, All of my fastener hardware became suppressed in the various subassms and would not unsupress.
  I opened each type of nut and bolt and then I was able to unsupress them.
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