ToolBox

Has anyone had a problem upgrading toolbox from 2004 to 2005 SP3? I
just upgraded and when I open an assembly with toolbox parts in it I
get a message saying "can't find toolbox parts. Do you want to find
it"? I say yes and the dialog box finds the file. Now if I save the
assembly, close solidworks and re-open the file and I have to go
through the same steps.

The toolbox.ini file is pointed to the correct location.

Any help would be great. Right now I'm pretty much screwed.

Vizach
2005 SP3

 

In SW Options, set File Locations "Referenced Documents" path to Toolbox.
In SW Options, External References, select Search file locations.

 

I already had that checked. So far I have my VAR stumped.

 

Vizach,

NEVER do an upgrade install. In the entire history of SW, this has never
worked without problems like this.

Always do a new install to a different location, and then uninstall the
older version (if you don't want it anymore)

Regards

Mark

 

Find your toolbox.ini file on your harddrive, open it in notepad, edit the
location of your toolbox installation.
Make sure you have solidowrks closed when you do this!
Below is the contents of my file!

[Toolbox environment configuration file]
Creation=4/15/2005 at 10:39:55
[configuration]
ToolboxPartFolder=C:\program files\common files\solidworks data\

 

Thanks for the info everyone. I had done everything you all had
mentioned. As it turns out I actually found a bug in solidworks. In the
toolbox.ini path we were using \\server\solidworks$\Toolbox. Apparently
in 2005 you can't have a path that contains a "$". Once I moved the
toolbox folder to another location \\server\solidworks\Toolbox the
issue went away. But now I have to repoint all my toolbox parts to this
new location. Lucky I don't have that many parts I have to deal with.

 

Since you do not have that many parts yet, you should read Matt
Lombard's pdf on usiong or not using) Toolbox.

http://mysite.verizon.net/mjlombard/

PracticalUsageIssuesToolbox.pdf

Bo