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KrisR1-Visitor
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June 14, 2012
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Hide components in assy, save that state, then show in drawing?

  • June 14, 2012
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Is there a way to hide some conponents in an assembly, save that state, and then be able to choose that state in a drawing?

I've poked around quite a bit but couldn't find a way to do this, other than a family table. Is there a way to do this is in the view manager?


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MikeMinsterkett1-Visitor
1-Visitor
June 14, 2012

Go to view manager in assembly & create a simplified rep then you can choose that when you place your view in the 2d drawing.

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MikeMinsterkett1-Visitor
1-Visitor
June 14, 2012

One more thing when you go to your 2d drawing you have to go to file, drawing models, then select set/add rep to add & activate the rep to the drawing. then you can switch between reps the same way.

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BrianMartin13-Aquamarine
13-Aquamarine
June 22, 2012

AHHH...

I typed a huge reply to this thread. It's 2:49am and I can't retype it tonight.

Two words: LAYER STATES... just look that up. I'll try to re-write the post tomorrow.

Kris: Look into Layer States. That will give you what you want and not cause issues with the BOM or automatic parts balloons.

Thanks (and sorry this is such a meaningless post!)

-Brian

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rreifsnyder15-Moonstone
15-Moonstone
June 22, 2012

What version of Pro/Creo are you using?

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KrisR1-VisitorAuthor
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June 22, 2012

Pro E/ Creo Elements 5.0. Robert.

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rreifsnyder15-Moonstone
15-Moonstone
June 22, 2012

Hmmmm. The reason that I asked is that prior to WF4, you could not use Family tables with Simp. Reps, so if you where in a family table, Simp Rep would be grayed out just like that. Believe it or not, there are still a number of people on WF3 that this would affect.

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