copy large assy to new name with copied new instances

Hello all,

hope some1 can help me out with the following :

I have modelled quite a large assembly with a lot of subassies and families
of parts within.
The top-level-assembly has it's own fam-table with subsequent subassies with
their respective fam-tables.

Now I need to copy this top-level assy to a new name, with respective copies
of subassies including copied fam-tables and all the parts with their new
fam-tables.

Is there a way with or without Intralink ?

TIA !!

Gr,

Speedy Dan.

 

It can be tricky, but it should be possible with 'Save a copy': AssemA to AssemB.
It will offer you the option to create new parts and subassemblies (not new
instances, but that doesn't matter; that can be taken care of within the fam-tab).
If you just wanted a new assembly but not new parts and subassemblies, you can do
this too. The only hitch I've seen is where you want to you want to change the
name and it makes you keep the same one (maybe it's locked in Intralink? don't
remember). But any of the hitches can be gotten around with the usual assembly
techniques. And it is a quite efficient way making renamed copies of
assemblies/subassemblies/components. However, in an Intralink environment, you
have to plan and research ahead of time. Make sure the names you intend to use are
nto already in use, make sure stuff is not locked, etc. And if you run inot
trouble, you can always abandon the process or scrub what you just did.

--
David Janes

: Hello all,
:
: hope some1 can help me out with the following :
:
: I have modelled quite a large assembly with a lot of subassies and families
: of parts within.
: The top-level-assembly has it's own fam-table with subsequent subassies with
: their respective fam-tables.
:
: Now I need to copy this top-level assy to a new name, with respective copies
: of subassies including copied fam-tables and all the parts with their new
: fam-tables.
:
: Is there a way with or without Intralink ?
:
: TIA !!
:
: Gr,
:
: Speedy Dan.
:
:

 

Not sure what your looking for.
So you have this new assy from one that was created that has family
tables. So do you want a new assy with new family table members with all
the same parts below ? Is there an assy drawing ?
I would say the easiest way to create a new top level is to create a
temp folder and change dir to it and back up the drawing to that
location. Now rename your drawing and all the assemblies that you want
with new names and than save the drawing. If your on intra link you
would just back up to the new location and than exit pro and start a new
unlinked session to make the changes.
Now if you have parent child relationships, I would erase the entire
seesion and than change back to the original folder. If your on IL, exit
and start a new linked session. Now open up the orignal assembly or
drawing. Open the new drawing or assy by navigating to the temp folder
and than back that up to your current location. easy.

 

Thanx both for replying !!
It was helpful, but I perhaps sould've been more clear on the problem.

We produce one complete machine-module for one client who produces a limited
number of products with varying sizes, hence the family table.
Now I want to take this module (=entire assembly) and copy it to new names
for the next client with his or her own set of the same products, but with
varying sizes.

In the recent past I already copied the entire assembly to a copy of it with
all new names, si that works.
Now I added famtables to account for the varying sizes but ProE doesn't seem
to include the family tables in the copy.

Hope I shedded some light on my problem and you know the answer.

We don't have IL, but when the need arises, I would suggest acquiring it to
my boss.

Thanx for any advice !

Greetz and have a great holiday !

Speedy Dan.