"Edit Definition" option not available for parts of assembly

[EG_8584873]

Using Creo 8.0 and WC 12.

I have an assy that was created a while ago.

Some parts and sub assys are editable, but some are not.

Any suggestions on the subject?

Thanks

[kdirth]

Not enough information for an informed answer.  Can you provide a screen shot of the issue including the tree?

My best guess from given description - Are the parts read only features?

[EG_8584873]

sub assy that have a yellow triangle ( outdated placement) does not have "edit..." function, so as one part on top of the firsy sub assy.

[StephenW]

My best guess would be that everything is "locked" in workspace. Or "released" or in some other non-modifiable  state.

[EG_8584873]

So there are 14 members of that assy, subassy and parts. 2 subassy and one part are not editable, while the rest of them are...

[EG_8584873]

My advanced engineer that has more permissions for WC was able to fix it. There were some missing ref. So probably one of WC glitches... 

Thanks for looking into the problem

[EG_8584873]

No, I was mistaken, assy was not fixed. I brought it out of WC in case what @StephenW mentioned. I deleted questionable components, assembled them back in different order...same result...NOT editable. Lost, never saw it in my 25 years of ProE/Creo modeling.

[StephenW]

@EG_8584873  So you should "unmark" the one post as that solution, since it wasn't really the solution.

So exactly what is it doing? If I click a part that is locked in the workspace, I don't get an edit definiton. You can also see that the part is locked in the workspace. I don't get an edit defintion on the component because the assembly is locked in the workspace.

In the workspace, there is also a locked symbol in the general status column. These are locked because I don't plan on modifying them and also because they are "released" in our "state" scheme.

[EG_8584873]

Files and assy are not locked. Both menus that you show on your screenshot are limited to only few of options. 

I called PTC application engineer and he dd not have an answer, so I just wonder if anybody else experienced the same thing.

Looks like that guessing does not work here.

[EG_8584873]

Here is a screenshot of one of sub assy.  

[StephenW]

If you export (or backup) one of the assemblies to  the hard drive, does that change the options you have? That might help determine if it is a windchill thing or a model thing.

You should open a tech support case with PTC. No offense to the application engineer but they are not always the best for troubleshooting problems.

[EG_8584873 · Accepted solution]

So, after a lot of guessing, I found out that the questionable assy had a family members and those members that I was not able to edit definition were defined on the family member level/ When switched to an instant level assy, edit definition function was available. Thanks you.