Copying TC Drawing to another part
Copying TC Drawing to another part
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I have an assembly (1234 - Assembly A) with a drawing that I have set up in Teamcenter as a specification. I have another version of the same assembly (5678 - Assembly B) that I need to create a similar drawing for. Is there any way to take the drawing for Assembly A, copy it, and attach it to Assembly B?
I've tried to use 'Save As' but there doesn't seem to be a way to save it as a specification tied to another part. It will only allow me to save it as a stand alone part. I've also tried to export it and then import it but there are over 30 parts in each assembly and some of them are different so I'm not real sure if that's what I want to do.
The only two options that I can come up with are to save Assembly A and the drawing as Assembly B and then replace the parts that I need to change to recreate Assembly B as it stands now. The other option would be to create the drawing for Assembly B from scratch but that would be a hassle because I also have Assemblies C through J that I have do this for as well. Any suggestions?
I've tried to use 'Save As' but there doesn't seem to be a way to save it as a specification tied to another part. It will only allow me to save it as a stand alone part. I've also tried to export it and then import it but there are over 30 parts in each assembly and some of them are different so I'm not real sure if that's what I want to do.
The only two options that I can come up with are to save Assembly A and the drawing as Assembly B and then replace the parts that I need to change to recreate Assembly B as it stands now. The other option would be to create the drawing for Assembly B from scratch but that would be a hassle because I also have Assemblies C through J that I have do this for as well. Any suggestions?





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RE: Copying TC Drawing to another part
As far as the export goes, I tried doing that but when I do, it also tries to export the 30+ components that are referenced within the drawing. I might be able to do it that way but I want to save that as a last resort.
At this point, I think my best option is to save 1234 - Assembly A as 5678 - Assembly B which will drag the drawing along with it and then replace the components that are unique to Assembly B. That way I will only have to recreate the assembly which is much easier than recreating the drawing.
RE: Copying TC Drawing to another part
RE: Copying TC Drawing to another part
RE: Copying TC Drawing to another part
RE: Copying TC Drawing to another part
Select the other item with the specification containing the drawing, select the drawing dataset under the itemrevision, RMB -Named references, select the ugpart then press Export and place on the desktop.
Rename the part on the desktop. ( to the other Itemnumber.)
Back to the dataset without the NX part, Named references - Import the copy from the desktop.
Then open the new copy in NX and replace the assembly to the proper one.
Save.
Regards,
Tomas