Pre-Conversion Step

Missing components in an assembly/drawing file can result in wrong conversion. To avoid this, perform a pre-conversion step to generate a list of files for which the first level components are missing.

Perform the following pre-conversion steps:

  1. Click Generate Input Log.
  2. Click Generate missing child (first-level) log …. The following Generate Report of MissingChild (first-level) screen is displayed.
  3. Select the file-types you want to process.

    Following are the options in the Combo-box:

    • Directly check (no need to save file): Directly checks the first-level dependents, without performing local Save.
    • Perform Local Save before performing check: Opens the file to save it locally, and checks for the first-level dependents.

    Select the Send Request to get first-level childs only check box, to move only the first-levelchilds from PLM. If the check box is not selected, the utility moves the complete structure ofthe CAD file.

    Click OK to check the missing first-level child references. The process can be stopped and resumed again, if required.

    During the process , the following log file: “<PLM_Client>\\Inventor\ConvLogs\MissingChildsReport.log” is generated.

    Example Following files are missing (in the first-level document-Tree) from the"FILE-00922_0001.IAM [050510-02-1.IAM]”::

    050510-02.IPT [D:\edit\050510-02.IPT]

    050510-06.IAM [D:\edit\050510-06.IAM]

    050510-14.IPT [D:\edit\050510-14.IPT]

    The first column above displays only the file names and the second column displays the child path (as stored within the parent file).

    Note: When you perform this operation for the first-time, ensure that the files under the “<PLM_ Client>\\Inventor\ConvLogs\” directory are clear to avoid the possibility of a mix-up of results generated from the “Process Using Input log” and the “output.log”.