Hi all, I have an solidworks assembly and an smg file with relatives jpeg already done. Now I have to "pack and go" the entire works and change few things in the solidworks assembly. Please, tell me there is a way to re-use the smg file and jpeg without ŕe-do everythings...
Hi Derek,
thank you for the answer, I understand what you say but, if you rename the assembly you lost everything becouse composer index the istances by linking the filename.
This will be solved when you update with the new geometry from the new file with the new names. It's really the pack and go that's going to cause the issue since I am assuming you are using this to rename all parts. The only time I pack and go is to share a file not make revisions. If you are only revising a few parts you are better served just doing that and not a pack and go. This would leave you with a lot easier transition to revise your current Composer file. Can you explain your need to pack and go? This may help me get a clearer picture.
Paolo,
The way I would go about this would be to pack and go my Solidworks assembly and also make a copy of my original SMG file. You would then open the copy of your SMG file and update the assembly using your pack and go assembly. I would do this before any changes were made in my new Solidworks assembly. Doing this before any changes were made would allow you to make changes as they arise instead of all at once. I would then update my new SMG file as needed. This would allow you to be able to update only the geometry / parts that changed and not your full assembly which seems to work better in most cases in my experience.
As for a jpeg once that file is saved it is not going to auto update since it is just an image file. What you will do is update your views and create new jpegs with your new SMG file. if you have your views laid out in a good manner this should not be hard to accomplish fairly quickly.
Cheers,
Derek