Creo Parametric - Interchange Assemblies | Replacing Components

[@cavanaughsgarage]

One of the better overviews of the interchange assemblies. Are you aware of a way to control the replacing action programmatically (using pro-program)? This way you can have parameters drive which part is used... in my application I don't want to have to manually interchange

[@CADPLMGuy]

James, yes, Pro/PROGRAM can be used to swap out different members of an Interchange Assembly. My videos on Pro/PROGRAM for parts and assemblies are way overdue.

[@carlosaguilar1557]

Hey man thanks for sharing the knowledge. Great video. Is there a way to control this by using a family table? I have a family table in which I am using a frame with 3 different variants depending on the width but when the frame's depth changes so does the part number and it does not belong to the original family variants, for this reason CREO won't accept me typing in the different part number under the frame column (hopefully I explained that in a way that makes sense). If there's a way to do it that'd be awesome bc otherwise I'll have to manually add all of the frames and only control the suppression state with a Y or N from the family table. Cheers!

[@CADPLMGuy]

Take a look at my series on Pro/PROGRAM. I think in the last video, I cover how to swap out using Interchange. Maybe this will get what you need.

[@karthikram3556]

Nice video , I have one doubt if I made one parent assembly within that I have create 3 subassembly , in one subassembly I want to draw one pipe line but accidentally I drawn it within parent itself how I transmit that to my subassembly

[@stonervoodoo]

Does anyone know if there is a way to convert an existing assembly into an interchange assembly?

[@CADPLMGuy]

You can actually do it in two steps. Save the assembly as a Configurable Module and then save the Configurable Model as an Interchange Assembly.

[@md.shahinurrahman747]

Hello Dave, Is this concept similar to Top-Down assembly Modular Design? can you please explain the Modular Design used in Top-Down Assembly Design in a video? Thank you.

[@CADPLMGuy]

It is not similar to Top Down. You should be very careful about mixing Top Down and Modular because it can blow up on you.

[@hemababudamodara6712]

sir i am very new to creo 3.0. i have no any guidance. i am only learning from u tube. i have a doubt in assembling, but i don't know how to solve it..please help me. that is when i select the second component after selection of first component for assembling, then the first component appear very smaller than second component in graphic area.then i don't know how to assembly it.......this is my problem sir. please help me sir.

[@CADPLMGuy]

Hemababu, thanks for your question. That’s a very common issue for users. What can help is using buttons on the dashboard to display the component in its own separate window, turn off the display of the component in the main window, and then click the Zoom All button in the In Graphics Toolbar in the main window. Later today I will post a video showing how to do this. Thanks again for watching and for posting a comment.

[@CADPLMGuy]

Sorry for the delayed response - I ended up babysitting tonight. Look at this video and let me know if it helps with your problem. If it doesn't, let me know - honestly! I really want to help you. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fpaud4V3rsqUhqM