5 Replies Latest reply on Sep 24, 2014 11:50 AM by Brian Hoerner

Not assembling due to.........

Sid Humphreys Apr 1, 2014 3:57 PM

Afternoon all,

"Adding the part to this assembly would create conflict of reference. Cannot add." This is the message I get when trying to add a part that is not alreay in my assembly. I open the part and it opens by itself fine. When in assembly and I do a "insert existing part" I do not get it listed in the parts list of things that are in memory, so I browse. When I find the suspect part during my browse and choose it, then open. I get the above noted error message. I have tried rebooting and nada.

Any clues why or what this message is telling me?

Thanks

Sid

Re: Not assembling due to.........

Eric Fox Apr 1, 2014 4:30 PM (in response to Sid Humphreys)

Were any of the features, sketches, or ref geometry in the part created in-context? It sounds like you have an external reference in the part file. If so, try recreating the feature, sketch, whatever without the external reference and then try to insert into your assembly.
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Re: Not assembling due to.........

Glenn Schroeder Apr 2, 2014 8:06 AM (in response to Sid Humphreys)

Sid,

I think Eric is likely right about that part having an external reference, although I don't remember seeing that exact error message. You might try going to Tools > Options > System Options > External References and checking the box near the top for "Allow multiple contexts for parts when editing in assembly". I'm not real confident about that, but it's worth a shot.
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  Robert D. Apr 2, 2014 8:10 AM (in response to Glenn Schroeder)
  
  Have you tried updating to the new service pack? Or checked your graphics card drivers. I had this same thing happening to me and after days of trying things that worked for me. Hope this helps.
  
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Re: Not assembling due to.........

Kelvin Lamport Apr 2, 2014 10:10 AM (in response to Sid Humphreys)

Open the part and run the File > Find References tool to see what is referenced to what.
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Re: Not assembling due to.........

Brian Hoerner Sep 24, 2014 11:50 AM (in response to Sid Humphreys)

Sid,

Did you find a resolution to this? Having the same problem. Only workaround was to change the name of the assembly at the OS level, then it seemed to break any references that could not be found in the first place. I did find that if it is renamed back the issue arises again.

All references from surfaces and sketches were broken, in fact, a couple of the parts we taken from other projects and put into this assembly with no relationship to any parts or assembly in this current project... CAD is always fun!!
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