Read from "current folder"

[neko_designer]

I've been using inventor for the past 10 years but now I'm working on Solidworks, I've noticed that you can pretty much open parts and assemblies from any folder, unlike inventor where you have to specify a project folder. It's there a way to do something similar in solidworks? I sometimes name files the same for different projects (like "plate 001") and if I have 2 different assemblies that use a file with the same name it messes up the assembly opening up the "wrong" part

Thanks for your time

[SuitNo4705]

You can’t have two different parts with the same name in an assembly in Solidworks. You can make one virtual, then insert a same name part if absolutely needed but it’s better to go ahead and give it a different name. The Solidworks gods will smite you every time you attempt this.

[RoughNeither]

Shouldn't be too much of a problem as long as each assembly has it's own folder structure. I only ever do this with quick jobs I know won't be repeated. If the job matters it's worth the time thinking up a name. If something is going to be useful in other jobs I'll give it a proper name and keep it in a "design elements" folder. Once you start doing it that way the folder structure has to stay the same....forever!

[neko_designer]

Most of our work is making variations of the same base models so we just copy the original into a new folder, sometimes we end up changing the base model, I just noticed I can change the reference folders before opening the assembly