Hi all,
I started creating family tables for parts with multiple variations. (I'm using WF 3.0 BTW) I was successful in creating the tables and manipulating the softwar to reflect the required part information when listed on a BOM. Long story short, I really like family tables.
Question: I placed the parts with family tables in a "library" directory for ease of access, but, when I want to pull an instance of a part into an assembly, I run into issues.
1. I open said part "generic" instance, a window pop-up askes me which instance I'd like to open.
2. I select the instance I want and open it.
3. I then return to the file menu and select "back-up" which is supposed to back up (or save) the instance to what ever my working directory is.
4. I then return to my assembly and click "Add Component" to import the part. - this is where I run into trouble... PRO E has backed up the entire family to my working directory.... Sure my part is there, but that's an aweful lot of harddrive space used up.
Is there any way to just pull one instance of a family part and make it it's own original part?
Thanks!
-John