using simplified reps

[DennisRehmer]

To all,

I am trying to use simplified reps in assemblies, and will try to show here in the simplest form what I am trying. I though that this worked in WF4, but it seems to not work anymore in Creo 3.0.

So here is my situation.

1. I have a top level assembly, A, made up of two parts, B & C, and one sub-assembly D.
2. I add into assembly A, parts B & C.
3. Sub-assembly D has in it a simplified rep that I would like to show in assembly A.
4. I add in sub-assembly D, and pick the representation I want to use.
5. I save the assembly, and even might upload/check-in into WindChill.
6. Next time I assembly A, it does not have the simplified rep for sub-assembly D shown. It shows the generic.

Is this how Creo works now? I liked the ability to use a simplified rep in an assembly before, but now find it seems to have gone backwards from what there was.

Dennis

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[Chris3]

You have to use a simplified rep in A to show the simplified rep in D. This is how it always has worked. There always needs to be a master rep that has everything. You can active the default rep and change the rep in D to be what you want. The default rep is what opens by default.

Creo makes reps "on the fly". When you assemble sub-assembly D as a rep you will notice in the lower left portion of the screen there will be a + next to master rep. This is because it is creating a rep on the fly. If you don't save that rep though it reverts to the master rep which has everything.