You can
change
component file names directly from the FeatureManager design tree.
You can update references to the renamed files in unopened documents
at the same time.
If you want to change file names for many components, consider
using
Pack and Go. See
Pack and Go Overview.
Before you begin:
To enable renaming, click .
To change a component file name:
-
In an assembly, in the FeatureManager design tree, do one of
the following for the component whose file name you want to change:
- Click-pause-click the component.
- Right-click the component and click Rename Assembly or Rename Part.
- Select the component and press F2.
-
Enter a new name and press Enter.
-
In the dialog box, select Temporarily rename document and, if prompted to rebuild, click
Yes.
The file name of the component changes in the SOLIDWORKS
software, but is not changed in the Windows file system. Any open documents that
reference the renamed file are updated in the SOLIDWORKS software to reference
the new file name.
-
Save the assembly.
In the
Rename
Documents dialog box, you receive warnings of the following items:
- Files that are temporarily renamed
in
SOLIDWORKS
are renamed permanently in the Windows file system.
- Other open documents that reference
the
renamed files
are
updated in the Windows file system.
- References are broken in closed documents that reference
the renamed files unless you select Update
where used references and specify which documents to
update.
- Optional:
To avoid broken references in documents that are not
open:
-
Select Update where used
references.
The dialog box expands.
-
Specify the folders to search for documents to
update.
Option |
Description |
File locations |
Lists the folders
to search. Click Add
Folder to browse for folders to add
to the search. To remove a folder from the list,
select it and click Remove. |
Include file locations -
Referenced Document folders |
Specifies to
search the folders listed under Referenced Documents
in . |
-
Click Search.
Results are listed under Update where used references. By
default, all items are selected.
-
Clear items that you do not want to update.
|
State |
Description |
 |
Selected |
Items update to
reference the new file name. |
 |
Cleared |
Items continue to
reference the old file name. |
-
Click OK.
The component file is permanently renamed.