To Create or Modify a UDF Family Table
You can create a User-Defined Feature (UDF) Family Table when defining a new UDF or modifying a UDF.
1. Click > . The UDF menu appears.
2. Click one of the following:
◦ Create—Creates a UDF and adds a Family Table (See To Create a UDF in Part Modeling)
◦ Modify—Modifies or adds a Family Table in a UDF
The UDF dialog box opens.
3. After creating or selecting a UDF, click Family Table and then Define in the UDF dialog box.
◦ When defining a new UDF or modifying an existing UDF that does not contain a family table, the Family Table dialog box opens prompting you to add a column or row.
◦ When modifying a UDF that contains a Family Table, the Family Table dialog box opens with the existing Family Table information.
4. Click
to add table columns. The
Family Items dialog box opens.
5. Under Add Item, select the type of item you want to add to the table and then select the respective item in the Creo Parametric graphics window or on the Model Tree. The selected items appear under Items.
If you select Parameter, the Select Parameter dialog box opens.
a. Under Look In, select the type of object for which you want to add parameters.
b. Select the respective item in the Creo Parametric graphics window or on the Model Tree, the item name and parameters appear in the Select Parameter dialog box.
c. Select a parameter you want to add and click Insert Selected. This parameter is added under Items in the Family Items dialog box and removed from the parameters table in the Select Parameter dialog box.
d. Click Close to close the Select Parameter dialog box.
6. After all items are added, click OK in the Family Items dialog box. The Family Table dialog box opens.
7. Click
to add instance rows and informational or parameter columns as necessary.
8. Click OK to close the Family Table dialog box. The family table is defined or modified.
9. Click OK. The UDF dialog box closes.