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Right-click the first component in the tree and select Set to Resolved.Click Ok to open the assembly in the new configuration with all components suppressed.Select New configuration showing assembly structure only and type in the name of your choice.Click on Open to bring up the Configure Document dialog box.From the Configuration drop-down menu select Advanced.Browse to the assembly which won't open and select it, but do not hit Open yet.This method has been available since SOLIDWORKS 2012, so if you're behind by a few releases you can still get the job done. My favorite way of finding a corrupt component is by creating a troubleshooting configuration from the Open dialog box. If Auto Repair fails and a backup copy is either not available, too out of date or also corrupt, all is not lost.
#Make a configuration of an assembly in solidworks with different parts windows
Make sure you have the Windows File Explorer set to view hidden items so you can browse to those paths. Try restoring from the file paths listed under Options > System Options > Backup/Recover. If you have Auto-recover and Backup options enabled, and the corruption happened recently, you may be in luck. If damaged components were removed, the repaired assembly will open without them. If you try to open a corrupt file it may be able to repair, a dialog box will ask Would you like SOLIDWORKS to attempt to repair the file? Give it a shot! The tool attempts to identify damaged segments, remove them and save a copy of the original. SOLIDWORKS 2017 added an automatic function for repairing corrupted files. Or just let SOLIDWORKS do it for you! Auto Repair Function
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To fix it, first we must figure out which one it is. If an assembly won't open the problem is most likely an individual component of that assembly. Regardless of what caused a file to become corrupt (random network glitches, bad geometry imported from other CAD formats, power fluctuations, improper shutdowns, sunspots, ancient curses) SOLIDWORKS provides some powerful tools to help us find and fix problems. Nobody wants to redo work they've already done with the clock bearing down on them. According to Murphy's Law, file corruption will occur shortly before a deadline.