Copying a Partial Set of Instances
You can copy a partial set of instances of a Family Table by initiating Save As on a single instance and proceeding as follows:
1. On the
Save As page, select the instance and collect family
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CAD documents.
| The generic is included in the family collection. |
2. For each Family Table member, enter a name in the New Name field.
| The system automatically generates a name for each new object. Enter a name for an object only if you want to override the automatic naming. |
3. For each Family Table member, enter a folder location in the Location field or accept the default value.
4. Exclude any instance that you do not want to copy from the
Save As list by selecting its row and clicking the reuse icon
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5. Click Ok, the system creates a copy of the selected instances along with required generics as a Family Table and saves it with the specified name in the specified location.
| Objects saved to Windchill in releases prior to Wildfire 2.0 and Windchill 8.0 have a more restricted set of metadata in the database. Partial copy of a Family Table requires the richer meta data that is created by saving the objects to Windchill 8.0 (and above) with Wildfire 2.0 (and above). Once the meta-data has been upgraded, partial copy is then available on these objects. |