Creo Drawing - Replace Primary Content

[Isaac__]

Version: Windchill 11.1

Use Case: Replace the primary content of an existing creo drawing object with another .drw file

Description:

Is it possible to replace the primary content of a creo drawing object with another .drw file? We have drawing objects which just contain a pdf in WC11 but need the primary content replaced with actual CAD data from WC10. 

The only other options I have at the moment is overwriting the current object in WC11 or renaming the object from WC10 so there is no naming conflict. Neither have a desirable outcome as I don't want to lose the current history of the WC11 object and I also don't want to create similar duplicates

[avillanueva · Accepted solution]

Yes, this is possible via the workspace. What you need to do is check out the dummy drawing then retrieve the real drawing from outside the workspace (from a folder), open in Creo and save. It will overwrite the content  in the dummy drawing and you can check it in. I might also be possible to macro script this. How many do you have?

[Isaac__]

Thanks mate this worked a treat. Appreciate the offer for the macro but the quantity wouldn't justify it

[NP_10570407]

Can I do this by an custom utility program without introducing any new errors to the object and its structure?

I have hundreds of EPMDocument objects with BREP solid dump file as primary content. Now i want to replace this primary content with actual .ASM,.PRT files for those objects.