Part Family Behavior During PDM Actions
Depending on whether an operation results in creating a new iteration, a NX part family is treated by Windchill either as an inseparable object (that is, the action applies to the entire family) or as a separable object (that is, individual members can be acted on independently of each other).
For the following operations, a NX part family is treated as an inseparable object:
• Save or Save to Workspace
• Check In
• Upload
• Check Out
• Undo Check Out
• Update
• Save As
For the following operations, a NX part family is treated as a separable object:
• Add to Workspace or Add
• Remove from Workspace
• Rename
• Promote
• Set State
• Edit Properties (only non-file based attributes may be edited)
• Revise
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Although you can revise an individual instance, it is best practice to revise all family members.
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The next topics detail the behavior of part families during specific PDM actions.