Several months ago I created part templates for some of the common parts my company uses.  These are parts where generally the length is the only thing that changes.  For example we have a push bar that is basically a tube bent into a U and has bolt holes 6 inches from each end.  The only difference is how wide it is.  Someone can create a new part from the part template edit the width to the size they need and done.  Today I went to make a new template.  I made the part and saved it as part template.  Then I went to test it by creating a new part from the template and ran into a problem.  Any reference in the model after the first feature was lost.  Sketch plane, relations, dimensions all lost. 

In an attempt to determine the problem I opened one of the old templates and saved it as a copy.  That model then blew up as well.  So I can't make new templates and I can't modify old ones.  There have been 2 changes to our system since I made the original templates.  One, I updated Solidworks to a newer version of 2014.  Two we started using a pdm system, GrabCAD Workbench.  I can't figure out how either one would be causing this problem though.  I tried creating the template both in and out of the PDM system with no luck.  Any thoughts?