Part Family Behavior During PDM Actions (NX)
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.
The next topics detail the behavior of part families during specific PDM actions.
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