Move Documents and Folders

chrisjh777

I am trying to rationalize my documents by moving related documents into a common document.  What am I doing wrong? 

When I select "Move to", all I get is a Greyed out window, shown below:

I am trying to move the selected document (HM53GV BT30 Drawbars) into HM53GV Mods.

MBartlett21

chrisjh777 said:

A mate suggested that I insert a dummy tab, so I could move the last tab, but I haven't tried this yet.

That will work fine.
Since you copied the last tab, any documents that referenced that tab wouldn't update to the new version.

NeilCooke

@chrisjh777 - a doc cannot have no tabs so creating a dummy part studio is the way to go. 

@mbartlett21 - using “move to...” will keep all links (copy to clipboard or duplicate do not). 

MBartlett21

NeilCooke said:

@mbartlett21 - using “move to...” will keep all links (copy to clipboard or duplicate do not). 

@NeilCooke
Yes, I know,
I was saying about the last tab being copied to the new document.
The last tab wouldn't have updated any references.

kevin_guo

chrisjh777, 

If by 'moving related documents into a common document' means you want to move part studios and assemblies from one document into another, then what you are looking for is the 'Move to document' dialog while inside an opened document. Open the document that you want to move, Right mouse click on each tab you want to move, pick 'Move to document' close to the bottom of the context menu, then select 'Other documents' and navigate to your common document. 

The dialog you posted here is designed to move document(s) to a folder.

Hope this helps.

chrisjh777

@kevin_guo

Thanks for the help.  I moved all of the tabs, one at a time, to the desired destination. This worked except for the last remaining tab.  There was no choice to "Move" the tab. 

I ended up copying the very last tab to Clipboard and pasting into the desired destination.  This worked but I will have to go back and delete the original, so I don' have 2 copies.  A mate suggested that I insert a dummy tab, so I could move the last tab, but I haven't tried this yet.

MBartlett21

chrisjh777 said:

A mate suggested that I insert a dummy tab, so I could move the last tab, but I haven't tried this yet.

That will work fine.
Since you copied the last tab, any documents that referenced that tab wouldn't update to the new version.

NeilCooke

@chrisjh777 - a doc cannot have no tabs so creating a dummy part studio is the way to go. 

@mbartlett21 - using “move to...” will keep all links (copy to clipboard or duplicate do not). 

MBartlett21

NeilCooke said:

@mbartlett21 - using “move to...” will keep all links (copy to clipboard or duplicate do not). 

@NeilCooke
Yes, I know,
I was saying about the last tab being copied to the new document.
The last tab wouldn't have updated any references.

billy2

I ran into this also, if you move a top level assembly that'll take all it's dependences, you can not leave a document without a tab. Funny, this seems to happen a lot. Create a part studio, then move the top assy. Then delete the document with the one part studio.

chrisjh777

OK, Adding a dummy Part Studio allowed the last remaining Tab to be moved.  Thanks to all who helped me out on this.