Article - CS422043

Opening SolidWorks configurations reports: Invalid instance file name <instance>@<generic>

Modified: 05-Jul-2024   


Applies To

  • Windchill PDMLink 12.1 to 13.0
  • Windchill Workgroup Manager
  • SolidWorks

Description

  • Starting Windchill Workgroup Manager 12.1 onward retrieval of SolidWorks family table objects/configuration reports error: Invalid instance file name <instance>@<generic>
  • Unable to save SolidWorks configuration due to error:Invalid instance file name <instance>@<generic>
  • SolidWorks data migrated using WBMFF with wgmclient.ini (Include.genericname.with.instance=Yes) set reports error message 'Invalid instance file name <instance>@<generic>' on retrieval when Windchill preference Include generic name with instance is set to No.
  • Steps to reproduce:
    • Pre-requisite: Set Windchill Workgroup Manager preferences Include generic name with instance and Manage new model instances by default to Yes
    • Create and check-in SolidWorks data with configurations
    • Set the preference Include generic name with instance to No
    • Relaunch the Workgroup Manager and SolidWorks,
    • Retrieve the SolidWorks data in WWGM and observe the dialog message:
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