Since the last release (2003), the ability to replace a part in a drawing has been gone. How in blazes can I save a copy of a part, modify the part slightly, then use a copy of the original drawing for the new part?
It ticks me off that I have to start with the drawing, do a save as, then do a save as on the part. That is not how we work. The part come before the drawing. The part drives the drawing. The part drives the assembly (typically).
Here's the scenario: I have made an assembly. Now I need a variation of this assembly. So I make a copy of the assembly and all its parts on my local drive. I work from this copied assembly, obviously. Now I see a part that will need a couple holes in it, therefore, I do a save as on that part to a new part number. When I'm done, I can just delete all the parts/assemblies with old numbers and place the assembly on the network. Now when I open my assembly, the parts that didn't change will look back to their original location. So now when I'm ready to make the drawings - after the modeling phase - I will want to use the drawings on some of the parts that were copied. I'm not even concerned with the drawing until I'm done with the design. So why is it that I can no longer replace the part in the drawing with my new part?
If there is a way to replace the part in the drawing after-the-fact, would someone let me know.
Thanks
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