Hi,
I have an assembly checked into the vault, and one of the parts below it is showing as a link from another folder.
The only thing is, I cannot find the file at all!
I can open the file from the assembly link fine, but where the actul part is i do not know.
I have searched the whole vualt, and checked document properties, which tells me it is where it should be, but it isn't.
very frustrating......
Restart the vault service after setting the 'rebuild vault: next startup' option, that usually fixes it.
Joe, I have a sneaky suspicion that the file is not in the vault, and is a file reference that was never checked in. If you go to the Document Info of the assembly, then to the references tab, it will show you all the references. If it doesn't list the Project folder, revision, etc. then it's not in the vault.
The reason it still opens for you is that once you have it locally, the location and file it can probably still find. Can you do a screen capture of what you see?
Was there any renaming going on? Check the history tab as well.
After re-reading your post, I also would try the vault restart as mentioned already.
If you have parts saved in a "SolidWorks Data" or "Toolbox" folder on your Computer, they will be checked in as links into Workgroup PDM. See the "Standard Libraries" tab in the VaultAdmin Tool for Workgroup PDM.
Run "pdm Vault admin" and be sure to have the "validate" vault settings as shown in the attached file.
Under the Properties Tab on Document Information it shows the part in the correct Project Folder.
There was an external reference which I did not need anymore so deleted these, but other parts have the same external reference also.
I did rename the file (two of them, one worked fine). I have now changed the file name back again, but it has made no difference.
One other thing I did was change the project for the part, which it allowed me to do, but will not allow me to change it back (again this worked fine with the other part).
I have asked for our server to be restarted to validate the Vulat, will let you know what happens.
We restarted the vault to validate it, and that has worked. My file is where it was telling me it was, but its actually there this time!
Restart the vault service after setting the 'rebuild vault: next startup' option, that usually fixes it.