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- There is a very real possibility that you will run into issues when downloading toolbox files from GrabCAD. Just to provide some background information, whenever you insert a new variation of a toolbox component that has never been used before, it adds a new configuration to the host part. For example, shown below is the host part file for a regular hex nut. When I insert a 5/8-11" hex nut from toolbox for the first time, it will generate a configuration in the part named "HNUT 0.6250-11-D-N".
- However, for some reason every time you make changes to the host file of any toolbox part, the "read-only" status of the part gets checked - I've tried to find a way to disable this, but I have had no luck and have since given up.
- The implication of this file property is that whenever someone in GrabCAD creates a new configuration of any part that differs from the current local version of the part you have saved, you may run into an issue where the file in question is unable to be downloaded from GrabCAD as it is labelled as "read-only".
- To bypass this error, you need to go to the toolbox folder, right click and select "properties on the folder", TURN OFF the "read-only status" and apply changes to the folder, subfolder and files. After doing that, you should be able to download the files from GrabCAD. If changing the read-only status of the folder doesn't work, you may need to individually change the read only status of all the parts creating errors in GrabCAD, but selecting the entire folder should do the trick.
- I will admit, this is quite the inconvenient error. However, eventually once we generate all the configurations for pieces of hardware we use, this issue should become quite rare.
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