It's all pretty much in the title: Is it possible to set up an automatic update of the mechanically welded elements of a file when modifying the "Lib Feat Part" profile? SLDLFP?
Indeed, when a "Lib Feat Part " profile file (. SLDLFP) is modified, it is imperative to edit the "mechanically welded element" function and give it back the modified LFP so that the file is updated. I find it super heavy to do but above all super dangerous!
Maybe it's related to the use on EPDM or it works the same without it?
The profile does have its own identity, but what I have a problem with is that if it is modified, all the mechanically welded files using this profile that should be impacted by the modification are not re-edited one by one.
What I would like is for all the associated parts to be updated.
I don't find it logical, when you modify a part, all the assemblies containing them are updated when opened, it should be the same with the profiles included in the mechanically welded parts!
Because it is not enough to open the part but to edit the mechanically welded function and go back to get the profile so that the part will be updated... And do it for each of the rooms containing this profile!
We have a pro license. It is possible to choose a complete folder and a frequency so it could work but the problem is, being on the EPDM, that the files are all extracted so it won't work except to determine where the profile is used and extract all the impacted files...
And I'm not even sure if it works because it's not a simple update that needs to be done but to re-edit the function!
I still don't understand why it wasn't provided in automatic, I'm the only one who is bothered by this?
You can schedule tasks to update SOLIDWORKS documents. The Update Files task allows you to rebuild the specified documents taking into account the changes that have been made to them since the last rebuild. You can update individual files or all files of a given type in a folder.
so if it rebuilds the documents
in theory it will look for the internal ref of the document
Precisely, this is where the whole problem lies, opening the mechanically welded file and updating it is not enough when modifying the source profile, you have to re-edit the mechanically welded function and go and search for the profile so that the modification is reflected there.
It would be fine for me if the file was updated when the file was opened and after a rebuild.
For your information, I got unfortunately negative answers:
- Reply to my myCADservices ticket: You are currently obliged to do the update manually, or you can ask us for a service to create a macro.
- Answer to my question at the myCAD seminar yesterday in Nantes (in the presence of Dassault Systèmes and Visiativ) to know if it was under study: Nothing planned on this subject for the moment. That wasn't the philosophy of this module, but it would indeed be interesting.
It calls into question the whole operation that has been put in place at the BE in our country!!
Except that when we think about the configurable logics of current software, it seems normal that in the mind we think that the part can be updated with respect to its basic profile if it is modified. This solution was put in place before I arrived and no one was aware of this problem, I noticed it quickly because I was in the same situation in my previous company.
Which solution is then the most optimal when using a bank of profiles (carpentry in my case) if not the welded construction with the help of Lib Feat Part?
Because having a sketch library is much more restrictive to manage (creation, positioning) ...
All this has been well managed and defined, whether it is the location, the associated properties and the positioning in relation to the coordinate system.
The big black spot lies in the modification of the geometry of the profile which cannot be propagated without manual recovery of all the impacted files!
Let's see if the macro solution can satisfy our need...