Hello!
I've got an assembly where I think something went wrong due to read only problems when a part was opened by another user. I'm not sure how to fix this, as my assembly now has more mate errors than I can count. I do have backups of everything in my backup folder though. The problem is that because the parts are made within the context of the assembly, when I open the back up of the assembly, none of the parts can find their necessary references (show with a question mark in the tree). Any idea on how to fix this? How should I go about opening an assembly and the associated parts from my back up location, and then saving them back out as the originals while keeping all references correct.
Thanks!
In the Open File dialog, browse to and select (but don't open yet) your good backup assembly file. Click the References... Button. Double click the parts and point the links to the good backup copies of your parts. Then click Open.
If you still have bad external references, then your backups are likely bad.
if it is good, you can pack-n-go the assembly to your working area. Good luck!