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How can I prevent this issue from happening in the future? DO NOT SAVE your assembly with incorrect references if you do, you will have to re-select the correct hardware. Department or a colleague to make sure you are using the correct parts.
#Solidworks toolbox missing update
Did someone perform an upgrade recently? Should the path be pointing to a shared toolbox database on the network or maybe in a PDM Vault? Once you update your settings with the correct path and database, your models should open without issue. Double check the path in your settings to the toolbox data folder. This could be due to SOLIDWORKS using the wrong toolbox database. Okay, but these are my models, not something that was sent to me why are my toolbox parts the incorrect size? In my opinion, this option should be OFF by default. Try turning off the option and re-open the assembly to see if SOLIDWORKS selects the correct part that might have been sent with the assembly.
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So, if something like this happens to you, don’t save. To make matters worse, the only way to correct the mistake is to physically select the correct size from the toolbox and create the correct configuration for each size. If the user doesn’t see this mistake, makes some changes to the assembly then saves, this will OVERWRITE the original references and use parts out of a local database of fasteners. Smart thinking!įor the user receiving the assembly, if the above-mentioned option is turned on, SOLIDWORKS only sees that the component is a Toolbox part and even though the correct reference has been saved in the assembly references, it OVERRIDES the reference and opens a fastener that didn’t yet exist in the database, in this case, picking the wrong size. The original user knew that the person receiving this assembly would not have the exact same database of fasteners, so they also sent a copy of their Toolbox parts with custom names, properties, part numbers, etc. This means that the assembly file now contains references to specific Toolbox parts to use. When this assembly was saved to a folder, using pack-and-go, a copy of the Toolbox parts were also saved. The short answer is, check your file references (File -> Find References). Not all Toolbox databases are created equal! So why does the image on the right show the correct fastener? What’s going on here? While the fastener info should be saved in the assembly, SOLIDWORKS did not correctly determine the right configuration to use which is why we see the incorrect fastener length used in this example. In this specific case (first image above) the correct fastener was not in my library, so a DEFAULT size was created and used by SOLIDWORKS.
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So, a better way to understand this option is, it forces ALL Toolbox files to open from this path. The intent of the option when turned on, is to have toolbox search a specific location for the correct part and configuration if toolbox parts are detected REGARDLESS of the saved references. If you clear the system option, SOLIDWORKS does not automatically search the Toolbox folder for references to Toolbox components.Ĭlear as mud, right? That last bit about not searching the Toolbox folder is a bit misleading because it does still search this folder I’ll explain that part later in the last section of this article. Even today, this question still comes up, so this is the topic for today’s blog.Īccording to the help file here’s what this option does:įacilitates opening models whose Toolbox components do not reference your Toolbox folder. When SOLIDWORKS introduced a feature to help users open models with missing Toolbox references in 2011, there was much confusion on what the option does.