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DennisRehmer12-Amethyst
12-Amethyst
May 29, 2013
Question

Can rows in Family Table be re-ordered

  • May 29, 2013
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I have a family table (FT) for an assembly. I had to re-name the instances in Intralink. When I went back into the FT, the instances were not in the same order as they were before the re-name.

In the FT editor, there is a choice for Tools > Sort > Ascending (Decending). When I pick this, it only re-orders the column for Instance Name. How can I get my entire FT to re-order so I do not lose the structure of the FT for all of the instances. I tried to do this in Excel as well, and I could not get it to sort.

Dennis


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    Dale_Rosema
    Dale_Rosema23-Emerald IV
    23-Emerald IV
    May 29, 2013

    No they cannot.

    Here is a product suggestion:

    http://communities.ptc.com/ideas/2043

    You'll have to cut and paste the link.

    Thanks, Dale

      DennisRehmer12-AmethystAuthor
      12-Amethyst
      May 29, 2013

      Dale,

      Thanks for the response. It is deceiving that they have the choice there, but it does not work the way it should.

      Dennis

      Dale_Rosema
      Dale_Rosema23-Emerald IV
      23-Emerald IV
      May 29, 2013

      In the system I am using, the columns can only be swapped two at a time, so if you can sort them more than than, that is good.

      http://communities.ptc.com/ideas/2043

      (Sorry I am playing with the link to see if I can get it to link correctly)

      ptc-46103141-Visitor
      1-Visitor
      June 23, 2014

      Dennis,

      For row swaps, it is a GIANT pain, but I think I just found a way around this. You should be able to remane and sort by the instance name.

      In front of your instance type "a1"-"a-9", then "aa1"-"aa9" and so on and so forth for every instance, and you can sort by this. I just re-ordered 22 objects and now am adding comment rows so HOPEFULLY next person is smart enough to add an instance in a logical way by the way I have it sorted.

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