Family Table models vs Model Check

[Mat]

Hi there,

I have a frustrating problem with Model Check.

We use screws in our assemblies. Those screw's length is defined by a family table. 

Unfortunately, ModelCheck always checks those screws in the assembly and causes a "is modified". 

Even if I check the assembly with the option "top level".

I already added "IF ( MODELNAME EQ ISO* ) NOCHECK" to condition.mcc 
But no luck. Creo keeps modifying those models nevertheless.

If I open the screw itself and run model check, I get a "nocheck", which I expect. 

BUT Creo list the model as "modified" anyway.

[MartinHanak]

Hi,

just a basic question: Are all FT instances successfully verified and then the generic model saved?

[Mat]

Yes, they look all verified:

[Martin_Hill]

Does your Model Check change the assembly layer settings in any way?

If so, this can propagate down to the parts in the assembly causing them to be modified.

[Mat]

the layers of the assembly or the parts are not changed. 

even more strange, if I change the condition.mcc file and add "IF ( MODELNAME EQ asm0001.asm ) NOCHECK", MC still runs its checks on the model.

I can only convince MC to ignore that model (or run other checks for testing), if I set the condition to "MODELNAME EQ asm0001*"

[Martin_Hill]

There is a difference between MODELNAME (PTC_COMMON_NAME) and FILENAME.

Are you using Windchill?

[Mat]

Yes, I am using Windchill.

I cannot confirm, that MODELNAME corresponds with Common Name. E.g. the assembly, I am testing has a file name "asm0001.asm". But its Common Name is "Housing assembly".

Anyhow, finally I have got ModelCheck to use my testing configs for that model.

Firstly, I tried switching off several config lines. In the end, I just deleted the whole content in the test.mch (checks) and test.mcs (start) files.

But ModelCheck keeps getting modifying the components, which are defined by a family table (no matter that condition.mcc still contains "IF ( MODELNAME EQ ISO* ) NOCHECK".

[Srinivasan_Iyer]

I have taken the following from the Help Documentation

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Edit the condition.mcc file in a text editor as follows:

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# OVERRIDE CHECKS
# Deliberately exclude the following model types
IF (MODEL_TYPE EQ PRT_SKELETON) NOCHECK
IF (MODEL_TYPE EQ ASM_INTERCHANGE) NOCHECK
IF (MODEL_TYPE EQ ASM_MOLD_LAYOUT) NOCHECK
IF (MODEL_TYPE EQ PRT_PIPE) NOCHECK
IF (MODEL_TYPE EQ PRT_HARNESS) NOCHECK
# Exclude Part Family Table Generics that are not sheet metal
IF (FT_GENERIC_PRT) AND (MODEL_TYPE NE PRT_SHEETMETAL) NOCHECK
# Exclude Assembly Family Table Generics
IF (FT_GENERIC_ASM) NOCHECK

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Also have a look at the following link. They are all interconnected.

https://support.ptc.com/help/creo/creo_pma/r10.0/usascii/#page/model_analysis/modelcheck/skip_models.html#