Part Family

simple example; create a sketch then extrude the sketch. Now goto part families, on top of this screen you can add expressions or components or features, etc. choose a parameter of our sketch (=double click on it or add.. in between the two screens) choose another parameter for ex. the end parameter of of our extrude, add it by double clicking on it. Then goto create, an excell sheet will open.
First two columns are your names of the new parts, if your template is called 123 then fill in on the second row (first row is occupied by two numbers in the parameter columns) 123-A in the first column and the second. Now you have two columns left with the two parameter, leave them as you will have the origanal part created with those parameters.
Then on the third row fill in 123-B for the first two columns and change the two parameters.
Goto tab Add-ins on the top of the screen , and you will see a part family pull down menu appear. In this menu choose create and the two new parts will be created. Dont forget to save youre family table in the part family pull down menu Save family. This excell sheet is then saved in the template file 123.
If you want to make changes to 123-A and 123-B, open 123 and goto part families - then choose edit (you can add features or parameters to the excell sheet) open the sheet adapt the expressions and update your members by choosing update parts. If you make a new revison of your part, dont forgot to re-create the part members because they will not be generated auto.

you can also add features to the table, instead of numbers you use YES or NO to switch the feature on/off.

If you use components in the table in an assembly, just type in the component number/name and it will change in the assy according to what you filled in in the excell sheet.

If you still have questions, go ahead....

Hope this helps a little.

Best regards,

Michäël.

NX4.0.4.2 MP10 / TCE 9.1.3.8_build_0711 / NX6.0.5.3 + TC8.1 Unified / NX7.0.0.9

Belgium

One thing i forgot to mention, you will need to grab the rows before you click create parts otherwise nothing will be created. So fully select row 3 and 4 like you would do with a normal excell sheet, they will be greyed out now, and then goto part families and create the parts, the same if you want to update the parts, first select them (so this means you also can select one row, dont need to update all the parts everytime) then update.

Are you working with TC or local, because if you are working localy set the customer defaults default directory for family members is neccessary.

Best regards,

Michäël.

NX4.0.4.2 MP10 / TCE 9.1.3.8_build_0711 / NX6.0.5.3 + TC8.1 Unified / NX7.0.0.9

Belgium

Thanks MickyV007.
It works now.
But I havn't understand regarding the features(YES/NO) used in Assembly through Part Family.
When I open assembly file(created by using base part as assembly file and all other parts added into assembly) then it didnt shows spread sheet.

Please suggest.

Regards,
amar005

Amar005,

have a look at attached part, this is a single part where i use different features to create different process steps. Afterwords you can use them in a part family by putting them as components in the table (see word doc).

Best regards,

Michäël.

NX4.0.4.2 MP10 / TCE 9.1.3.8_build_0711 / NX6.0.5.3 + TC8.1 Unified / NX7.0.0.9

Belgium

I think the question is whether you can control the exchange of components in an assembly using the part family spreadsheet editor, and I'm not sure that you can. I'd love to be proven wrong because of course it would come in handy to have assemblies structured in this way.

Best Regards

Hudson

www.jamb.com.au

Nil Desperandum illegitimi non carborundum

Yes, you can control the contents (components) of an Assembly that is designated a Family Table part file by including the components in the spreadsheet.

John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Design Solutions
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA

To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.

John,

Does that mean that you can swap components using the spreadsheet?

Best Regards

Hudson

www.jamb.com.au

Nil Desperandum illegitimi non carborundum

You have to include both components and the spreadsheet will control which one is included in the actual family member once it has been instantiated.

John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Design Solutions
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA

To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.

Hudson,

take a look at the word document, its a screenshot where i use the spreadsheet to control which part is used in an assembly. We use this to control the behaviour of parts in our production line. For ex. we make the A part for the drawing, uncut and unbended, then for the next production step we change the components in the spreadsheet for cutting and bending, and so on and so on.

Best regards,

Michäël.

NX4.0.4.2 MP10 / TCE 9.1.3.8_build_0711 / NX6.0.5.3 + TC8.1 Unified / NX7.0.0.9

Belgium