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Dec 12, 2024
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When attempting to save an Inventor part or assembly file that you’ve changed, you see the following message:
The current Design View Representation is locked and the changes you made to the Representation will not be saved. If you want to keep those changes, click Cancel and create a new Design View Representation or unlock the current one. To continue and discard edits made to the locked Representation, click OK.
You also see a lock icon in front of the name of the part you’re trying to revise:
When a design view representation is locked, you cannot save changes to any of the following design view elements in it:
Assembly elements:
The solution depends upon whether or not you want to keep the overrides you made to one or more of the assembly or part elements listed above.
Note: The “Master” view is always locked and can’t be unlocked or deleted. Thus, elements in the Master view cannot be overridden. If the Master view is active, you must either create a new design view or activate an unlocked design view in which to save your changes:
To learn more about design views, view the Autodesk Virtual Academy video, Design Views in Inventor.
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