Part Family - Adding Component Column
Part Family - Adding Component Column
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I am using NX 7,5 and have a part family that turns on/off some features. Later, I added two different components in the assembly, and I want some to show up in one instance and the other in teh second instance.
When I try to add a column for the components, it seems to want to take them all. How do I get a Y/N column or columns for each instance of these newly added components.
When I try to add a column for the components, it seems to want to take them all. How do I get a Y/N column or columns for each instance of these newly added components.





RE: Part Family - Adding Component Column
I don't see the problem. I was able to add Columns for one OR more of the Components. Now remember, the ONLY Components which you will have control over will be the ones that actually have a column defined in the Family Table spreadsheet. So if there are 10 Components, but none of them will be in every family member then you will need to include a column for all the Components and then in each column you'll need to indicate whether to include that Cimponent or not. And this is done by simply keeping or deleting the name of the component from the particular Family Member's row in the spreadsheet.
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RE: Part Family - Adding Component Column
Unfortunately, in NX8 at least, your components would need different part numbers to be able to do this with control in the spreadsheet as you indicate.
I have done some fairly complex part families. Even part families within part families. I turned in an error to GTAC which was elevated to a bug and a year later just recently became PR Number 6756229 and is supposedly fixed in NX9.0. It involved components generated from a components arrays not displaying correctly in the part family generated components when the master component was toggled on our off in the part family spreadsheet. So, I would stay away from this.
If you are not concerned with the parts list or can control that with other means (edit levels) another trick would be to put those components on seperate layers, say one on 1, one on 2, one on 3 and one on 4. When you insert the part family component use original layers instead of work layer and you can control their display this way.
I am sure there are other work arounds. I wish to try assembly arrangements and then toggle those in a part family. This may be a good case to try this but I cannot comment further on it at this time.
NX 8.0.1.5
RE: Part Family - Adding Component Column
I appreciate the suggestions, but making different part numbers for each individual PEM is going to be problematic, especially since I was thinking of making them into their own family table. Also, I suspect the layer idea would work as well, but am worried since I am over my head as it is, that might end up being become problematic as well.
RE: Part Family - Adding Component Column
RE: Part Family - Adding Component Column
NOW when you go and define your Part Family and select the 'Component' option you will see all of the names of the occurrences listed. Now you can add a separate column for EACH occurrence and while those columns in the spreadsheet will show the same Component names they are in actuality just saying which occurrence of THAT particular Component am I going to load. You can now control them like you did before, leaving the Component name in place where you want it to be included and removing the names where you don't want it to be included.
Anwyay, that may look a bit complicated but it works.
John R. Baker, P.E.
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RE: Part Family - Adding Component Column
Do you know what will happen in the Parts List? Will it have individual entries for each separate PEM or will it roll them up into a single part?
RE: Part Family - Adding Component Column
Please keep in mind that these occurrence names ONLY applies to the Assembly where they were defined. In other words, these names exist in that one single Assembly ONLY. The Part files themselves have NO idea whatsoever that occurrence names were even assigned nor in which Assemblies were these assignments made.
John R. Baker, P.E.
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Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
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RE: Part Family - Adding Component Column
NX 8.0.1.5