Getting part from assembly

Discussion in 'SolidWorks' started by billyb, Nov 8, 2007.

  1. billyb

    billyb Guest

    I have an assembly which shows various part that are not resolved.
    Some of the part files I have lost due to a computer crash.
    When the assembly starts to come up, it says it cannot find these
    part, would I like to find them myself. Well they are gone, or maybe
    not.
    Is there anyway of getting the part back? It shows in the assembly
    (lightweight feather), but I cannot resolve. IS THE INFO FOR THE PART
    SOMEPLACE WHERE I MIGHT BE ABLE TO FIND IT, or is it lost?

    Thanks for any help
     
    billyb, Nov 8, 2007
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  2. The information for the parts that is stored in the assembly is just enough
    to draw the pixels on the screen, not the "real" information needed to build
    the part, the feature tree. You need to find the real data, by finding a
    backup or recovering your crashed disk.

    Jerry Steiger
     
    Jerry Steiger, Nov 8, 2007
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  3. billyb

    zxys Guest

    Well... from the info...looks like you're SOL!... but... try this...

    See if by chance you still have some of the data in your
    "SWBackupDirectory"

    C:/SWBackupDirectory

    Otherwise,.. what could have happened during the crash is the system
    wrote some hidden files and they may still be on your harddrive?

    There are some data recovering programs which may help get the data
    but... again,.. usually it's wishfull thinking because of the corrupt
    occuring during the write while crashing.

    Here's a recovering program which may work... http://www.recuva.com/

    Good luck!

    ...
     
    zxys, Nov 8, 2007
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