Interchange assemblies in Windchill

Use case: This case is strictly related to CAD management in Windchill, involving interchange assemblies composed of template models and reusable parts. To maintain compatibility with Windchill, template models are copied and renamed to ensure unique filenames specific to each design, while standard models must remain unchanged, retaining their original names. There are houndreds of projects being launched that generates project specific interchange assemblies. 

Renaming models that are part of interchange assemblies requires one of the following approaches:

1. Retain the existing interchange assembly, extending it with project-specific models to maintain interchangeability.

2. Create a new interchange assembly with a different name, while keeping a reference to the “reusable” one. However, this option would unfortunately require changes to the “reusable” models, which is highly unlikely as they need know to which interchange assembly.