Create a family of parts in Solid Edge Embedded Client

  1. In PathFinder, click the Family of Parts tab.

  2. On the Family of Parts pane, click the Edit Table button to display the Family of Parts Edit Table dialog box.

  3. In the dialog box, click the New Member button.

  4. Type a new member name in the New Member dialog box, and then click OK.

  5. In the Family of Parts Edit Table dialog box do one or more of the following:

    • To suppress a feature on the new family member, select the feature cell in the member column for the feature you want to suppress, then click the Suppress Features button on the top of the dialog box.

    • To edit a variable for the new family member, select the variable cell in the member column for the variable you want to edit, type a value, and then press the Enter key.

      Note:

      Repeat steps 3 through 5 to create and configure each new family member you want.

  6. Click the Save Table Data button to save the changes you made.

  7. Click the Select All Members button.

  8. On the Family of Parts tab, click the Populate Member(s) button.

    If you are prompted, save the file by clicking OK.

  9. Click Yes on the Populate Member(s) prompt.

    The New Document dialog box is displayed with rows for the master and members you create.

    Note:

    The Dataset Name and Dataset Description reflects the values from the FOP table.

  10. Click OK, and the Upload Document dialog box is displayed once for each Member, and again for the Master.

Tip:

  • Family members are associative to the master part.

  • Symbols are displayed in the Status row to indicate whether a populated member file has been created, the file is up to date, the file needs updating, and so forth.

  • You can also use the Family of Parts tab to create, copy, rename, and delete family members, to suppress and unsuppress features and to define variable values.

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