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Family assemblies in reuse library

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swale74

Mechanical
Jun 16, 2011
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Hello, I've been adding common parts to our library and saving family parts for multiple sizes of components all all is working fine. I tried a small assembly and it all worked alright with three or four items changing sizes through expressions in the upper level assembly that is adjusted by the part family excel file. The problem I found is all the components now also show up in the reuse library. I tried to move them to another folder so they would not show up in the library and clutter the folder. Now I don't get the updating only the original or base numbers are created no matter which option I choose. I thought the links may have been broken so I deleted the assembly and recreated it with the components in the other folder and I get the same results no updating. Is there a way of hiding components in the library or is there an error with my method of creating the assembly? I'm running NX 6.0.5.3 native in windows 7.

NX 6.0.5.3 in Windows 7
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Ok I can get the part to change when I "verify" the model and the dimensions update when I try to add the part from the reuse library (see attached image). However the model that is added from reuse library doesn't update with the new dimensions. Any ideas?

NX 6.0.5.3 in Windows 7
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