I have a problem that started this morning that i have not seen.
Upon loading large assem that was fine yesterday, it started to load a lot of random components aswell, like 40 something part files.
Also assem is now broken and get some weird dialog about custom properties from before 2014.
Running 2015 sp5, Win 10
Has anyone seen something like this before?
Ned,
I have not seen that before but it sounds like a file got corrupted somewhere.
You didn't indicate anything you tried to do to repair it so I will assume nothing.
Have you done a full power down reboot of the computer? If not I would do this first.
Does it just do this on that one assembly?
If yes, Do you have a backup file of the assembly - if so (make a secondary backup) and then try to open the backup and see it it still happens.
If no, was anything added (files, Windows update, programs ...) between when it was working and not working?
If anything was added or done - can you undo it.
If all else fails, I would save all your settings using the Copy settings wizard.(
Then try a repair /change on SolidWorks
In the add/remove programs section of control panel and find the SolidWorks.exe - right click and select change - and follow the instructions.
Hi Rick,
ended up uninstalling and reinstalling solid works to no avail.
fixed it by changing this box from prompt to never.
Ned,
Glad you got it fixed and good that you posted the fix.
Somehow I am thinking I saw something similar in the forum but I can't remember.
if I come across another similar I will point to your fix to see if it solves it for them also.
This issue has been out here several times and the answer is almost always the same as Ned found out.
Thanks Solid Air,
I thought I had seen it before
Mark your answer as "Correct Answer" so that people will see that your problem is fixed when they search the forum and they will be able to find the fix also.
Hi Ned,
Ummm, call me an idiot (most probably have), maybe I've missed something here, but how did the setting change in the first place so that it starting loading part files all of a sudden?
Dave.
Dave, cannot call you an idiot because I had two users come to me this week where settings they knew nothing about were changed. Since it was possible to change these settings in a couple clicks, I did not think much about it but we do have it where a system or document setting has seemed to change on its own. normally it can be traced to importing or exporting models and/or drawings in non SW formats but not all????
That's just bizarre.
Hi Rick,
ended up uninstalling and reinstalling solid works to no avail.
fixed it by changing this box from prompt to never.