I have an assembly with parts and sub-assemblies in it, that uses family tables to control the configuration of the assembly. The main components are plates which we produce, the others are bolts, and dowel pins, and springs, all of which have family tables for the different sizes.
Because I always want these plates (the main components) to have the same name, in the Top Level Assembly I copy the instance I need to the Generic (this is a function in the Family Table menu).
With components controlled by the family table (eg. the bolts, dowel pins, springs) you can either specify an instance or N for No instance at all.
The only problem with this is: When you copy the instance to the generic, wherever a component is specified as N it wants to delete it from the assembly entirely. If you then to change the generic to another instance that has that component, it is gone, because ProE forced you to delete it.
Does any else have this problem? It seems there should be an S option to just suppress it so that it doesn't permanently remove it from the assembly.
Because I always want these plates (the main components) to have the same name, in the Top Level Assembly I copy the instance I need to the Generic (this is a function in the Family Table menu).
With components controlled by the family table (eg. the bolts, dowel pins, springs) you can either specify an instance or N for No instance at all.
The only problem with this is: When you copy the instance to the generic, wherever a component is specified as N it wants to delete it from the assembly entirely. If you then to change the generic to another instance that has that component, it is gone, because ProE forced you to delete it.
Does any else have this problem? It seems there should be an S option to just suppress it so that it doesn't permanently remove it from the assembly.