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Posted September 19, 2007
Sometimes browser display names are overwritten to something other than the file name. In a small assembly this isn’t that hard to rename a few items. However if you're working on a several hundred part assembly it could take all day just to update your browser to the file names that somebody had overwritten. To get a better idea, take a look at the image below and notice the browser names are different than the file names.
Tools on the web to rename browser names to the actual file names exist, but may not quite what you’re looking for. SDK in Inventor has an assembly tool to install and rename your browser display names in seconds. This particular tool is located under Program Files > Inventor 2008 > SDK > Tools > User > Assembly Tools.
Once you have installed the Assembly Tool, open an assembly and navigate to the panel bar and select the drop down menu similar to going to the Frame Generator. You'll notice there is a new option (Assembly Tools) with several tools that might be of help in the future. The first tool will rename your browser display names to the file name. Some of the other tools are great for skeleton modeling and various other operations so play around a little to see if they are of use.
Garin Gardiner
Comments
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September 28, 2007 12:49 AM Aleksander Myklebust
Thanks! Just what I needed.
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September 28, 2007 08:17 AM Sérgio Mariano Diniz Silva
Excellent clue!
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October 1, 2007 01:43 AM petr vonasek
Perfect! Why this panel bar is not included in standard installation?
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February 8, 2008 02:53 AM Sonny Suyitno
How come it doesn't work on me? I cannot find the Assembly Tools Panel in the Panel Bar. The instalaltion was successful. Anybody can tell me what went wrong?
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February 14, 2008 02:41 AM indra irawan
good work..
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March 1, 2008 03:09 PM Greg Young
So how does it work? I click on "Rename Assembly Browaer Nodes" then the part..? nothing happens?
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April 24, 2008 03:17 AM N0 11 2
Perfect Tip..............
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