Family Table in Assembly

[ProG]

My family table problem is the following (I hope it's not confusing):

I have an assembly A. That contains a sub-assembly X. Sub-assembly X has a family table that must contain the instances X1, X2 and X3.

The difference between Sub-assemblies X1, X2 and X3 is that they have in their assembly the part family table instances P1, P2 and P3 respectively.

What can I do to have my sub-assemblies X1, X2 and X3 in a family table to be able to replace them in my assembly A?.



Thanks in advance,

ProG

 

[charleskim]

If you just want to replace sub-assembly X1 with X2 use 'Replace' function.

Component > Adv Utils > Replace.



If this is not what you are looking for, give more details.

 

[ProG]

Dear Charleskim, thank you for your input.

Actually my problem is to properly create the Sub-assembly X family table.

Component P is the first component of this sub-assembly. I can replace P with one of the instances (P1, P2 or P3) and the sub-assembly X will regenerate without problems. But, how can I properly do the family table of Sub-assembly X in a way that I can have the instance X1 with component P1, the instance X2 with component X2 and so on....



Thanks a million!

 

[charleskim]

You need to create a family table for sub-assembly X.

1. Add item in family table, component P (the generic part).

2. Edit family table. Add instance names (X1, X2, X3). And in next column (where component 'P' is) add P1, P2, P3.

 

[ProG]

Do you mean to asseble the P1 and P2 instances first to the generic x sub-assembly and then add them to the table columns to be able to turn them on and off as required for the subassemblieX1, X2 and X3 instances? (having as columns: P,P1, P2 and P3?).

If this is what you meant, I tried that already but, if I blank out the generic part P for the instance X1 I get nothing in my instance X1 assembly. Or, is there a way to replace the generic part p in the table instead of blanking it?.



I would like to e-mail you the file to look at it. I hope it's ok with you.



Thanks a lot again,

 

[charleskim]

In your generic assembly X. You should have only the generic P part NOT P1 & P2.

Then add component P (generic part) to family table.

Then if you open up the family table it should look something like this.



! Generic assembly name: X

! Name M123

! P

! =============================

! GENERIC Y





Then add instances like below.



! Generic assembly name: X

! Name M123

! P

! =============================

! GENERIC Y

X1 P1

X2 P2