This is a problem we really ought to look at. I run into this same exact issue with autocad files. People send me a dwg file which is linked to some dxf somewhere. The program doesn't explicitly tell you that your dwg is useless without the dxf in the same directory.
With Pro-E, the assemblies assume each part is in your path. If they're not you have to manually locate them. Maybe we could come up with an informative prompt that explains why you can't open the file. Something like: this file links to the file "XXXXXX.dat", but "XXXXXX.dat" appears to have moved. Would you like to locate it? -- Bryan Harris Research Engineer Structures and Materials Evaluation Group brywilharris+...@gmail.com http://www.udri.udayton.edu/ (937) 229-5561 On Tuesday 09 June 2009 11:34:14 Ricardo Reis wrote: > On Wed, 3 Jun 2009, Jeremy Sanders wrote: > > Ricardo Reis wrote: > >> instead of a relative path? I'm just asking because in this last > >> fashion it seems to me they would be more portable... > > > > If you save with relative paths, then they break if you move the vsz file > > and don't move the data file. If you save with absolute paths they won't > > work if you move the file to another computer. > > > > Has anyone got any opinions or suggestions? Which is the better > > behaviour. We could make it configurable, but that would be confusing. > > after having to edit by hand several files just because I've rearranged > the layout of my directories I must make a point for relative paths... > > best! > > Ricardo Reis > > 'Non Serviam' > > PhD candidate @ Lasef > Computational Fluid Dynamics, High Performance Computing, Turbulence > http://www.lasef.ist.utl.pt > > & > > Cultural Instigator @ Rádio Zero > http://www.radiozero.pt > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/rreis/
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