Thank you Ken for your comments.
Thank you Theodore.
I now understand I've been abusing or REVISIONS.
In my business, I create new machines using variatons of old ones which are still in use on other machines.
It is easy to open up a top level assy and start rev'ing parts up to...
I want to know how to break PARENT-SIBLING LINKS between REVISED PARTS or assemblies.
Whenever a part or assy is revised, a link is created between the parent and sibling components. This is desireable when one wants to know EVERYTHING about the history of the part.
But there is a drawback to...