"in context" part not loading automatically

[Mike Gera]

Say I have "Part B" that is based on the insertion and modification of "Part A".

I open Part B only.

In the feature tree, I see: Part A->?

If I open Part A, the "?" goes away.

The External References data tells me that SolidWorks knows exactly where Part A resides, even when it's not open.

Why am I getting the "?"

Thanks.

[SPerman]

My guess is if you change this setting, it will load the referenced file when you load the part. I think it will always show the "?" if the external reference isn't loaded.

[Mike Gera]

My guess is if you change this setting, it will load the referenced file when you load the part. I think it will always show the "?" if the external reference isn't loaded.

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That was it. I changed the setting to “Changed Only (incl. assemblies)” and left "Load documents in memory only” checked.

Works perfectly.

Thanks.

I wonder what the default is.

[retonny77]

If you change the setting to automatically load referenced files, that should help.