Quick replace

[SS20]

Hello all!
I've a very big assembly which includes about 2500 components.It has approximatly
15 levels. Due to several instances of some parts and products, total amout of
components is over than 6000. And I need to replace all instances (500) of one
product (subassembly) with part.This subassebly consist of only one part, but
problem is that this old part and new one have different coordinate systems.
It's almost same parts but there are differences in coordinate system orientation.
I can manualy go throw the tree, find this product and replace it with new part,
but then I have to move and rotate it to put it in place. It's not very difficult,
but it will take much time to replace each instance manually. So, how I can do
it in a very short time?? Is it possible to do it with scripts??If so, how I can
search the tree for next instance of product???

 

[puck]

If you contextually select the part and use the replace component method you will have tghe option to replace all instances in the dialog box.

Writing a script for this would be a long proccess, roughly around 1000 lines of code something not easily answered here.

It definitely could be done if you possed CATScript skills.

If this is something that you need you should get support from your IT group or a software house.

 

[SS20]

The problem is that I have to move and rotate each instance. Doing this manually will take too much time.