Managing Incomplete Dependent Objects
An incomplete dependent is a CAD Document based on incomplete information known about a missing Creo Parametric file. For example, if you import or save an assembly file to the workspace, the saved file may have name references to a file that cannot be saved to the workspace (perhaps because it was suppressed in the assembly file). The issue is that all the required information to make the object complete is absent.
Typically, the information known includes:
• The model name
• The CAD document type (inferred by the model name extension)
• Whether or not the object is an instance or generic, and, if an instance, its relationship to the generic.
Information not known about the object that is usually defined by Creo Parametric includes:
• CAD document subtype
• Children or dependents of the object
• Designated parameters
• Other family table members. The generic is known if it is an instance; but not intermediate generics or other members of the table.
Given that good PDM practice does not allow checking incomplete data sets into the database, Creo Parametric provides several strategies to help you to identify and resolve incomplete objects, including:
• Making users aware of incomplete objects in the workspace
• Providing tools for users to resolve incomplete objects by either removing the Creo Parametric reference or converting them to fully defined CAD documents.
• Providing tools for Administrators to prohibit or manage the creation of incomplete objects.
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