Assembling Myself Into A Corner.

Discussion created by Dougal Hiscock on Jun 10, 2009
Latest reply on Jun 10, 2009 by 1-521APD

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I got myself into a solidworks situation which I couldn't get out of. I had to kill solidworks through the task manager.

Here's what I did.
Opened an existing assembly with internal parts. Opened the internal part and rolled back the feature tree. I then closed the internal part.

I found myself with one assembly open, which was inaccessible due to the internal part being in roll-back state. I couldn't open the internal part to fix it because I wasn't allowed to work in the assembly.

Was there any other way out?

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Roy Potter Jun 10, 2009 7:17 AM
You could try looking in the C:\Documents and Settings\ user\Local Settings\Temp folder and in one of the sw folders (or wherever the sw files reside on your machine)
SW sometimes saves a copy of the internal file. It may still be there.
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Josh Brady Jun 10, 2009 9:31 AM
I'm not sure if SW handles internal parts the same through the API, but you could try the macro I posted in http://forum.solidworks.com/fo...forward%20all%20parts. It should roll forward all parts in the active assembly.
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- 1-521APD @ Josh Brady on Jun 10, 2009 4:41 PM
  Dougal,
  
  I had the same problem, every time I would just click on the internal file I would
  lock up sw,
  
  Load your assembly lightweight, then save off the internal files as a external files.
  
  This worked for me
  
  Frank
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