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doug_anderson1-Visitor
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September 11, 2020
Question

swap a part in assembly for almost identical part

  • September 11, 2020
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needing some advice.

i'm making some updates to production parts and i've copied the relevant sub assems and parts to a new folder and renamed them.

i have 2 sub assems but they both use the same case and cover.

both sub assems have the renamed case and thats fine but i've not has sub assem 2 open when i renamed the cover. this means the one sub assem is correct and one is not. what is the best way to get the renamed cover into sub assem 2. if i use the rt click and replace, the parts below the cover, in the tree, all loose there placements. this seems odd as the part is almost identical to the original and was just made using a copy of the original.

i've come from SW and this would be an easy replace and the mates would reattach but not so in CREO, still fairly new to CREO and still learning.

thanks

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    StephenW
    StephenW23-Emerald III
    23-Emerald III
    September 11, 2020

    Use "replace" but click "unrelated component" and then select the replacement, then use "edit ref table" to select the references. Try the evaluate button first to see what it finds then any references not set, you manually select the reference on the new part.

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      doug_anderson1-VisitorAuthor
      1-Visitor
      September 11, 2020

      i've never used this before an im not sure what the evaluate table is telling me. i have 10 tags and 3 of then have yellow dots in the 1st ref column and then 2 have yellow dots in the 2nd ref column?

       

       

      StephenW
      StephenW23-Emerald III
      23-Emerald III
      September 11, 2020

      Can you post a screenshot of the table?

      something like this (as an example)

      StephenWilliams_0-1599830885332.png

       

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