Why is there a TIMER on dialog box when it cant find the file your opening in 2D?????? What if I got a phone call?, or had to get coffee?.. Is this drawing going to blow up in 10 sec if you don't do anything??? it caught a few times cause I looked away and then turn back and my drawing was blank...
"why ask why, try bud dry"
Seems like the link is broken - you can select "browse for file" and point to the correct one
if you decide to ignore it, the error mesg will be disappeared and the missing link parts will be suppressed
Anna Wood thanks I'll turn that off. Still scratching my head wondering why would you want a timer on that in the first place? lol lol
There are several pop up messages that you don't like. You can set "don't show again" or "don't show again in this session" but not all. So you can set timer if you want them to puff off themselves.
Tood, you do understand why you're getting the message in the first place, right?
Steve C
Coupe things you need to check
1)Make sure the file names of the dwg and 3D are identical (even blank space)
2)While in the open dialog box, check the ref. to make sure the dwg is linked to the correct 3D file
Christian
It was my fault. I did a mass rename and forgot the drawings . So I had to relink them this was way ( I know there's another way). If it wasn't for this, it meant been awhile tell I saw the timer of death...
In the past SW File Explorer was really slow, like real slow and buggy, it took me a long time before I used SW File Explorer to rename files, but it has been greatly improved and it is quite easy to use for renaming and then everything stays linked to the correct file references, so the next time do your self a huge favor and rename there - don't forget - many of us have "Been there, Done that" .
John Stoltzfus wrote:
In the past SW File Explorer was really slow, like real slow and buggy,
In the past? If it is better now I am glad I didn't use it before. Now, we are working over a network but we open SW Explorer, set it to the folder and go for a cup of coffee. It may be close to ready when we get back. We don't use it unless absolutely necessary.
Change up your settings, if you can change up the search settings, the only issue is if you would have interchangeable components through out your folders, that is one thing that make SW Explorer really slow...
I will have to look at that. Without PDM this is the only "Where Used" option we have and a single where used search can easily take 15-20 min. Which while being better than no search, isn't very efficient.
And we are using 2016 so we should have the most current features.
Hello,
Some times ago i wrote a stand alone and it could be a tool for you!
Writing an executable with Sw explorer's capabilities but faster, i need compatibilities testing
Todd,
PDM should be a best tool for renaming files which will keep the link between files and their Ref. - This can be done on SW explorer too
The tricky is, the link will be kept on PDM, but soon they are checkout and saved in local drive, the File names must be identical or there might a problem to open the 2D from 3D
