4 Replies Latest reply on Aug 27, 2013 7:10 AM by Stuart Moore

Unable to open a large STP assembly file

Stuart Moore Aug 24, 2013 6:57 AM

I am trying to open an STP file (large assembly, 170MB) and it is failing because of template problems. The message in the error file is:

"Error: Possibly template file is missing or corrupted.

STEP-in did not complete successfully".

Any ideas?

Re: Unable to open a large STP assembly file

Deepak Gupta Aug 24, 2013 7:09 AM (in response to Stuart Moore)

Make sure the path for file templates have been defined under Tools > Options > Default Templates and Always use these default document templates is selected.
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- Re: Unable to open a large STP assembly file
  
  Stuart Moore Aug 24, 2013 11:16 AM (in response to Deepak Gupta)
  
  Thank you Deepak. I had already put the default templates at the top of the list but these templates were not in the Solidworks2013 folder - they were in the Solidworks2010 Templated folder. I had to move them into the SW2013 folder and put that at the top of the list and it worked. I don't understand why the same files in a different location works.
  
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  - Re: Unable to open a large STP assembly file
    
    Anna Wood Aug 24, 2013 6:44 PM (in response to Stuart Moore)
    
    There are two locations you need to update.
    
    Tools > Options > System Options > File Locations > Templates (which is the setting you are refering to)
    
    and
    
    Tools > Options > System Options > Default Templates (the setting Deepak is refering to)
    
    If you have custom templates (or any custom files) they should be moved to a location outside of the standard SolidWorks install location and pathed accordingly. This will let everyone in the company use the same files. They will also not get over-written on future SolidWorks installs. This should be a directory that gets backed up regularly as well.
    
    Cheers,
    
    Anna
    
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      Stuart Moore Aug 27, 2013 7:10 AM (in response to Anna Wood)
      
      Thank you Anna, I had missed the default templates options. All is well now and the file (170MB) turned out to be a 1400 part assembly and took over half an hour to open!
      
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