Saving family part instances

To all ProE guru,

I'm a newbie to ProE. I'll to check if it is possible to save all the family part instances into individual part file?

Thanks

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ranger_fish
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When you're saving the generic, all family members are saved as well. In the same generic part file.

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B.B

To save the members of a generic to individual files, do the following: Open each instance into memory. (on my system I am limited to 15 open windows) Open the generic. Delete the open instances from the family table that have been opened. Save the Generic. Save the ex-instances as individual parts.

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Ben Loosli

From my understanding, when the generic is saved, only the generic part file will be shown/created in the working directory (when browsing using window explorer).

But I need to "export"/save the family instances into individual part files. The current method that i'm using is to open each family instance and perform a saveas copy. This method would be useful if there are only a few instances.

If there a faster way or a functionality in ProE to complete the task that i need?

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ranger_fish

From my understanding, when the generic is saved, only the generic part file will be shown/created in the working directory (when browsing using window explorer).

But I need to "export"/save the family instances into individual part files. The current method that i'm using is to open each family instance and perform a saveas copy. This method would be useful if there are only a few instances.

If there a faster way or a functionality in ProE to complete the task that i need?

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ranger_fish

I use Ben's methodology too. If you have assembly and/or 2-D drawing objects that reference the instances that you are wanting to break free from their generic parent, you'll want to retrieve these assembly and drawing objects into session first. Then after you've performed the steps that Ben has described to you in his post, activate each assembly and drawing object window and File-Save. This will allow you to retrieve the assembly and drawing objects successfully in subsequent sessions of Pro/E. NOTE: This process gets even more complicated if the instances and other Pro/E objects have already been submitted to a Pro/PDM or Pro/INTRALINK database folder.

S.T.

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S.T.

OK. I missunderstood your question. I have no better idea then the one suggested in other replies.

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B.B

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motomarc

open the generic and do Export -> Neutral

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Ferit

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Boltman

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