Update out-of-date library parts in Creo Elements/Direct Model Manager
You can configure Creo Elements/Direct Part Library to update out-of-date library parts in your Model Manager database with their latest versions. You must use the upparts.csl file, an example of which is shown below.
NAME specifies the standard and SYMB_VERSION specifies the symbolic version.
Only Creo Elements/Direct Model Manager parts are updated.
To update out-of-date library parts:
1. Copy the <Creo Elements/Direct Part Library installation location>\sd_4\catalog\upparts.csl file to your customized Creo Elements/Direct Part Library location. For example, SDSITECUSTOMIZEDIR\PartLibrary\plib_upparts.csl.
2. Use (setf *ts-catalog-mm-use-symb-version* t) in the catalog_prog_settings.lsp file.
3. Edit the values in the plib_upparts.csl file if required.
When you load a standard part, Creo Elements/Direct Part Library checks whether the part is already stored in your Creo Elements/Direct Model Manager database. If it is stored, its symbolic version is compared with the corresponding symbolic version in the plib_upparts.csl file. If the symbolic version is lesser that the version in the plib_upparts.csl file, Creo Elements/Direct Part Library creates a new library part which has a different sysid in Creo Elements/Direct Model Manager.
In existing assemblies, the part which has the older symbolic version is not replaced by the updated one.
