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Dale_Rosema
Dale_Rosema23-Emerald III
23-Emerald III
January 16, 2013
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Model in Instance is missing in Generic

  • January 16, 2013
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I have an assembly where the instance has a model (Picture 1), but I do not see the model in the Generic (Picture 2). Usually I'll see it but it in a suppressed state. And by the way, if I suppress the Side2_5023_Foot in the Generic assembly, the outline of the part shows up. (Picture 3)

Thanks, Dale


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Best answer by Dale_Rosema

At this particular time I decided to delete the two groups, SIDE1_5023 & SIDE2_5023, which deleted the missing/hidden parts with them. I then added them back into the assemlby and they are now clearly visible in the tree. Sorry I wasn't able to spend more time on this, but I looked into various settings in the view tab and elsewhere to no avail.

Thanks Martin and Antonius for your help.

I am going to mark this as correct only because I don't have the problem any more not because I was able to resolve this issue.

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Dale_Rosema
Dale_Rosema23-Emerald IIIAuthor
23-Emerald III
January 16, 2013

I guess this isn't the only model with which I have had an issue. This was from October.

http://communities.ptc.com/message/190202#190202

Thanks, Dale

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TomD.inPDX17-Peridot
17-Peridot
January 16, 2013

oops... got confused in the posts.

I have not used family tables before but I probably should.

If I knew how to do this I could at least figure out of this issue still exists in Creo 2.0.

Could this be a graphics card/driver issue?

Dale_Rosema
Dale_Rosema23-Emerald IIIAuthor
23-Emerald III
January 16, 2013

I don't think it is graphics card/driver issue because I have had happen in only a few (maybe two) models. I am thinking something was added at the instance level and didn't get translated to the generic. I was trying to see if it was some sort of rep (i.e. master rep) thing since I have not use this much and am unfamiliar with it. Both of these models predate my being at this job.

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MartinHanak24-Ruby III
24-Ruby III
January 17, 2013

Dale,

I guess that you assembled the unvisible component directly into the instance. I think that in such case, the component is suppressed in generic by default. Try to open generic. Then open its family table and go through its columns. I think that you will find the column related to unvisible component. I expect that the cell located in this column will contain N value.

Check the family table and let us know.

Martin Hanak

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MartinHanak24-Ruby III
24-Ruby III
January 17, 2013

To see the component in generic, simply do Resume for it, regenerate the generic and save it.

I suggest you to check family table, again. All instances, which contain * in component's column, will now have the component visible. To hide the component, set N value in component's column.

Martin Hanak

Dale_Rosema
Dale_Rosema23-Emerald IIIAuthor
23-Emerald III
January 17, 2013

Martin,

How would I Resume the part? I know that when something is suppressed, to click on it and Resume, but what about when you can't see it in the family tree. If you compare picture #2 and #3 (above) and #4 (included here) the caster part does not show up in the tree. Is there a way to resume from the family table? Usually I cannot edit the top line of the generic in the family table, only the instances.

Thanks, Dale

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