Do Not Manage As Family Tables
If you disable the Manage model instances as family table CAD Documents preference, then you disable support for design tables when the preference has been set for parts to be associated with a design table. From CATIA V5 to Windchill, such tables are still family tables, but have no instances.
You can change the Manage model instances as family table CAD Documents preference in the Preference Management utility (available from > > ). This preference has the following settings:
• All (default)—Part and assembly instances are published as CAD document instances.
• Assembly—Enables managing instances defined in the assembly as managed functional instances. Only assembly instances are published as CAD document instances.
• Part—Enables managing instances that are defined in parts as managed functional instances. Only part instances are published as CAD document instances.
• Disable—Instances are not published as CAD document instances.