can Pro/PROGRAM change which instance is assembled?

[lylebeidler]

We don't have AAX, so I can't test out Pro/PROGRAM, but we are considering
buying it. Before we do, I need to know this:

If I assemble the a generic part into my assembly, can the assembly level
Pro/PROGRAM force it to substitute in instances based on conditional
statements? (ie, rather than assembling all 4 instances, and then
suppressing the 3 unneeded ones, I want to have Pro/PROGRAM mimic the
Replace command).

Thanks.





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Lyle Beidler
MGS Inc
178 Muddy Creek Church Rd
Denver PA 17517
717-336-7528
Fax 717-336-0514
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[KevinAlexander]

There is a function called "lookup_inst" that does exactly this - from Pro/Help:

To Replace Family Table-Driven Components

You can automatically replace family table-driven components according to design criteria by using the lookup_inst function. With this function, you can search a component family table to find an instance that fits the values of the search parameters. If the lookup function does not find a match, it returns the name of the generic.

The format for lookup_inst is:

lookup_inst ("generic_name", match_mode, Òparam_name_1Ó, match_value_1, Òparam_name_2Ó, match_value_2,...)

where

* generic name-Name of the generic model with a .prt or .asm extension

* match_mode-One of the following values:

o -1 (find closest instance with param values less than or equal to supplied values)

o 0 (find instance with param values that match supplied values exactly)

o 1 (find closest instance with param values greater than or equal to supplied values)

* param_name_1-Family table parameter name

* match_value_1-Value to match against

See Also

About Replacing Components in Assembly Designs<file: c:\ptc\wildfire4\html\usascii\proe\program\about_replacing_components_in_assembly_designs.htm=">

Example: Replacing Family Table-Driven Components<file: c:\ptc\wildfire4\html\usascii\proe\program\example_replacing_family_table_driven_components.htm=">








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[dgallup]

You can accomplish this with family table functionality without using Pro/Program. Just add the generic component to the family table then you can replace the generic part with the part instance in each row of the table.

In Reply to Lyle Beidler:

We don't have AAX, so I can't test out Pro/PROGRAM, but we are considering
buying it. Before we do, I need to know this:

If I assemble the a generic part into my assembly, can the assembly level
Pro/PROGRAM force it to substitute in instances based on conditional
statements? (ie, rather than assembling all 4 instances, and then
suppressing the 3 unneeded ones, I want to have Pro/PROGRAM mimic the
Replace command).

Thanks.





--



Lyle Beidler
MGS Inc
178 Muddy Creek Church Rd
Denver PA 17517
717-336-7528
Fax 717-336-0514
< -
< http://www.mgsincorporated.com