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Family Tables - deleting instances

SteveJI
9-Granite

Family Tables - deleting instances

Hi all,

Is there anyway that all the existing instances in a family table can be deleted without having to open up each generic prt  in Creo?

 

Thanks

 

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tbraxton
21-Topaz II
(To:SteveJI)

To delete an instance, delete the row that contains the instance.

The only method in the UI I am aware of to access the row of a family table is done in the generic model where the instances are defined. I do not think it is possible to delete an instance an using the UI without opening the generic model.

 

The only option I can think of would be to modify the instance index file using one of the APIs if that is supported (which I doubt).

 

If you wanted to overwrite a large number of instances in a table you could import a table with a single record, I have not tried this. It seems like it should work but you would still have one instance when doing this.

 

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Involute Development, LLC
Consulting Engineers
Specialists in Creo Parametric

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tbraxton
21-Topaz II
(To:SteveJI)

To delete an instance, delete the row that contains the instance.

The only method in the UI I am aware of to access the row of a family table is done in the generic model where the instances are defined. I do not think it is possible to delete an instance an using the UI without opening the generic model.

 

The only option I can think of would be to modify the instance index file using one of the APIs if that is supported (which I doubt).

 

If you wanted to overwrite a large number of instances in a table you could import a table with a single record, I have not tried this. It seems like it should work but you would still have one instance when doing this.

 

========================================
Involute Development, LLC
Consulting Engineers
Specialists in Creo Parametric
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