Saving An Instance without Saving All of the Instances

[NEALROSENBLUM]

All,

I have a customer for whom I am completing some design work. I have put together several family tables of components, sub-assemblies, and final assemblies to address the needs of their different customers.

Now my customerwant me to save JUST ONE VERSION without letting a particular customer see what my customer is doing for their other customers.

I have opened an instance of a final assembly and FILE -> BACKUP to anewfolderthinking that this would only save just that instance with none of the additional instances of sub-assemblies and components. When I ERASE NOT DISPAYED, changed the working directory to the new folder, and FILE ->OPEN, I saw ALL of the instances of sub-assemblies and components.

So HOW DO I SAVE JUST ONE FINAL ASSEMBLY WITH ONLY THE INSTANCE THAT PERTAIN TO THAT FINAL ASSEMBLY?

Sincerely,
Neal Rosenblum
Geometrix Engineering, Inc.
201 N. 13th Avenue
Hollywood, FL 33019
Ph: 954-920-2049
Fax: 954-920-9574
Cell: 954-649-9399
<u>neal@geometrixeng.c</u>

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[dgschaefer]

Try save as instead. You'll need to give new names, but it'll be
independent of the family tables.
Doug Schaefer

[mdebower]

Add the following to your config.pro: try_noninst_on_fail YES (Works in Wildfire 3.0 m 210)
Open the generic of the family table.
Open each instance you want to save as a standalone object.
Delete each instance that you opened from the family table.
Save the generic
Save each open object. (They were an instance, will now be a standalone object.)
Open assemblies and drawings to make sure they regen successfully.

You may want to test this on a disposable copy of your files first before committing to it....