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How to replace part family member

How to replace part family member

How to replace part family member

(OP)
I have the following idea - to create a part family (.prt file). Then to insert one of te members into assembly.
Ok! This side of the task is done. But now I want to replace this part using other part family member (from the same part family).
Is there a way to do this, and how?

Regards: Dimo Urumov
Aircraft Engineer
Plovdiv, Bulgaria

RE: How to replace part family member

What's wrong with substitute?

Regards

Hudson

RE: How to replace part family member

(OP)
Actually "substitute" works. But I thought that there is "smarter" way to do this. Maybe some kind of context menu: "Replace part family member".
Anyway...
Thanks Hudson!

Regards: Dimo Urumov
Aircraft Engineer
Plovdiv, Bulgaria

RE: How to replace part family member

Well there's a way so that the system will 'automatically' replace one Part Family member with another based on some 'criteria' changing.  For example, you might link the length of a fastener (screw) with the thickness of the parts being bolted together.  If the thickness changes, it will replace the screw with one of a different length.

Go to the User Documentation and do a search on 'family' & 'criteria'.  You may have to follow a few of the links but it should provide you with some ideas as to how to use a 'criteria' when adding a Part Family member to an assembly.

John R. Baker, P.E.
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NX Design
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
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