HOT TIP: Next, perform an additional search to collect the other reference files and data. Great, so far so good… I have the main parent file and all of the children files. In my case I have made sure that I have ‘Included the linked files’ but you may also want to consider the other options I have highlighted, depending of what you are doing and where the files are ultimately going to be sent to. Specify folder and project locations as necessary and start the search for the lower ‘children’ components. Probably the main trick is to make sure you copy ‘everything’ that you want.įirst of all, when using Pack & Go, make sure you open the highest level component, like the main assembly drawing. The copies are completely separate to the source files and can be modified without effecting the originals.

The Pack & Go utility can be used to archive out files and their folder structure in one go, and copy a complete set of files to another location while retaining links to the copied referenced files. This is the way I do it and I seldom have problems including ALL files. I am not a huge fan of doing this because it creates file duplicates, but none the less, it can be useful when you are not using Vault and you need to give someone some data. I frequently get asked about, and also sometimes need to do, a Pack & Go from Autodesk Inventor.

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