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Search for Non Library Locations
In non library locations, Autodesk Inventor appends the relative path stored
in the reference to the project location and looks for a file at the resulting full
path. If no file is found, the file name stored in the referenced file is appended
to the project location folder path and Autodesk Inventor looks there.
Use Substitution Rules to Find Missing Files
In the Resolve Link dialog box, you can create a substitution rule to search
for missing files. Click the More button (>>) to see the current substitution
rule or modify it, if necessary, to create a substitution rule:
■ Select the check box for Search for other unresolved references using this
location.
■ Specify a path location. You can edit the substitution rule, usually by
deleting a tail portion of the path common to both the original and
resolved path.
■ Browse to the new library location. You might need to remove both the
source and replacement folder paths.
In the following example, use Microsoft Windows Explorer to rename the
folder from ABC to DEF.
When the assembly A.iam is opened, 1.ipt is expected to be in a location
specified in the active project. Because it is in a renamed directory, you browse
to the new directory.
After you browse to 1.ipt, the dialog box shows the following:
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