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Is there a way to change GUID references after update?

Question asked by Fowler Ben on Aug 22, 2018
Latest reply on Apr 17, 2019 by Silas Randell

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Hi,

I have made several composer documents for assemblies. When I update some of these assemblies, the screws from the solidworks toolbox swap GUIDs in composer. For example, before I update, the GUID of one screw is "Psocket head cap screw_din11" but after I update the assembly the same screw's GUID becomes "Psocket head cap screw_din9". This means that its locations and properties in views are for the screw that was previously number 9. I can't find a reason that these screws' GUIDs should change. Note, this only happens with toolbox components which I assume is because they have the same name in solidworks. Since doing this I have noticed the "import instance names" option, but this doesn't help me with composer animations I have already done. Is there a way to direct composer to the correct parts or to simply change the GUIDs manually? I'm not keen on going back and re-animating everything every time I update.

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Ben

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Silas Randell Apr 1, 2019 1:57 PM

Bit of a Necro-post, but I'm having the same issue.

The easiest solution for my team right now is to find out which screws are where in the updated composer file (easy enough based on the existing associative pathlines) and comb through every view resetting them using the "new" screws. Straightforward enough, but tedious and a large amount of work to have to complete EVERY time we update a file.

Ben, did you ever get an answer for this?

Any help would be appreciated.

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Fowler Ben @ Silas Randell on Apr 2, 2019 3:38 AM

Hi,

The only solution I could find was to check "import instance names" when importing and updating. The only issue is that you can't do that retrospectively for projects you've already done.

Ben

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Silas Randell @ Fowler Ben on Apr 17, 2019 9:10 AM

Right, ok. That's still helpful going forward!
Thanks!

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Jeff Setzer Apr 3, 2019 12:54 PM

The answer for new projects is to Import instance names so things in views and animations won't get messed up when the number of instances of a component changes. If you're making BOMs, use the automatically-created property "SW Component Name" to key your BOMs, and it'll count them up correctly since that meta is the component name minus the instance number.

When we teach Composer classes, we deviate from the book and use this method because it just works better for SOLIDWORKS files.

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Silas Randell @ Jeff Setzer on Apr 17, 2019 9:13 AM

That's very helpful for me, and won't be a huge change for us going forward. Thanks for the reply!

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Silas Randell Apr 1, 2019 1:57 PM
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Bit of a Necro-post, but I'm having the same issue.

The easiest solution for my team right now is to find out which screws are where in the updated composer file (easy enough based on the existing associative pathlines) and comb through every view resetting them using the "new" screws. Straightforward enough, but tedious and a large amount of work to have to complete EVERY time we update a file.

Ben, did you ever get an answer for this?

Any help would be appreciated.
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- Fowler Ben @ Silas Randell on Apr 2, 2019 3:38 AM
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  Hi,
  
  The only solution I could find was to check "import instance names" when importing and updating. The only issue is that you can't do that retrospectively for projects you've already done.
  
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  - Silas Randell @ Fowler Ben on Apr 17, 2019 9:10 AM
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    Right, ok. That's still helpful going forward!
    Thanks!
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Jeff Setzer Apr 3, 2019 12:54 PM
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The answer for new projects is to Import instance names so things in views and animations won't get messed up when the number of instances of a component changes. If you're making BOMs, use the automatically-created property "SW Component Name" to key your BOMs, and it'll count them up correctly since that meta is the component name minus the instance number.

When we teach Composer classes, we deviate from the book and use this method because it just works better for SOLIDWORKS files.
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- Silas Randell @ Jeff Setzer on Apr 17, 2019 9:13 AM
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  That's very helpful for me, and won't be a huge change for us going forward. Thanks for the reply!
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