Hi all,

Having a bit of an issue here................well, a really big issue.

Here is my problem.  I created an assy months ago.  I created a new part within the assy and then saved it as an external part.  Renamed the assy and the part months ago.  I renamed the assy and the part appropriately and had no problems with the assy and part recognizing that the part had in context references to the assy.

Just now today I opened the part.  The in context references are now pointing to the very original assy/part configuration.  In other words, I created an assy and before I named the assy, I inserted a new part into the assy.  THE SAME NAMES ARE EVEN THERE.  However, as you can see, it doesn't recognized an external assy as being referenced in the dialog.

I am going to make a statement here.  I know what I am doing when it comes to in context referencing, etc.  Please let me know if you have seen something like this and you know what I am talking about and if there is any resolution to it.

My first attempt to fix:

Go into SW explorer and point the part to the assy.  However, it was already pointing to it.  I even tried switching the part's reference assy to something else and then switching it back konwing this was a Solidworks hiccup.  It wouldn't even let me change the parts reference assy.............

2nd attempt to fix:

Bite the bullet and break all the references.  Even after I do that, it still is pointing to the Part1^Assem1 reference and it won't let me saying I can't create multiple assy in-context references (although I do have the option checked that allows me to create in context references in multiple assy's on the same part.

I have 6 other parts in this assy that are created in a similar fashion and they are ok.

Thanks,

Mike