family table assembly

[michaelpaul]

I'm sure it's relatively easy (although with Pro E can one ever actually assume this?) but for the life of me I can't figure it out.

I have a part that has two instances in a family table. I want to create an assembly that then has several instances utilizing the two part instances (part instance A with associated hardware and part instance B with it's associated hardware). I can get components into the assembly family table but how do I get the part instances to activate in the family table?

thanks.

Michael

 

[charleskim]

Put the family table part (component)in to your assembly family table.


Type in the instance name in assembly family table. (Where Y/N is your choice from pulldown).


Charles

 

[dr_gallup]

You can also do tools/replace by/family table while editing the family table. More picks but you don't have to remember the exact part name.

 

[vercoutter@duco]

Hello,


If you want the intances in the family table work, you have to make sure that the 2 instances of the part (A and B) aren't constraint to each other.


For example:


you have a assembly with 3 parts (A +C + D)


Part A :with 1instance B


PartC :no fam table


PartD :no fam table


In the asembly:


You constrain Part A to Part C


And part B to Part C


If you now set the fam table in the assembly like this:


part A Part B Part C Part D


assy_inst1 Y N&nbsp ; Y&nbsp ; D


Assy_inst2 N Y&nbsp ; N&nbsp ; Y


Because the partB is alsow constraint to C and teh Assy_inst2 you set is to N,


the part B isn't shown in the assy_inst2.





So make sure that the parts are constraint to datum planes en axis.