Revisions on Drawings

[alijahed]

Hi All,

 

I designed Part1.ipt and created drawing1.idw.

Then I modified Part1.ipt and saved it.

In this respect, I've noticed that Inventor keeps the old versions in an 'old' folder in the same root directory.

After that I opened the drawing1.idw. Obviously, Part1 on the drawing1.idw automatically updated.

Then I saved it as drawing2.idw.

 

In this case if you open drawing1.idw later, it will update itself with the modified version of Part1.ipt which I do not want this happen. How can I stop it or address Inventor to the old Part1.ipt which exist on 'old' folder in the same root?

 

Cheers

 

Ali

[Bishop]

Save part1.ipt as a different file name before you make changes to it.

[Denimoth]

By saving the part file to another name, doesn't that mean you have to redo the drawing.idw, including redimensioning everything?

[Bishop]

Save the drawing under a different file name as well, then Manage Tab --> Replace Model Reference.

[JD Mather]

You could also Defer Updates on the drawing (of course, before changinng the part file).

[alijahed]

Thanks. Your solution is the one. This is how I went through, opened the drawing1, using Manage Tab --> Replace Model Reference then addressed to part1 in 'old' folder in the root directory.

 

Cheers

 

Ali