Article - CS128366

Incompatibility in Family Tables between Generic and Instance causes Problems by Revise and Checkout in Windchill

Modified: 15-Dec-2025   


Applies To

  • Windchill PDMLink 6.2 to 13.1
  • Creo Parametric 1.0 to 11.0
  • Pro/ENGINEER and Creo Elements/Pro Wildfire to Wildfire 5.0

Description

  • Under certain circumstances, it is possible to create an incompatibility in Windchill with regards to family tables:
    • The latest version of a generic model references to an earlier or non-latest version of an instance
    • The latest version of the same instance references an earlier or non-latest version of the generic
      • af2_5.jpg
    • Not all latest revisions of instances refer to the same non-latest generic
      • af2_6.jpg
  • When such a configuration exists, it can prevent certain actions and cause unexpected behavior:
    • It is not possible to revise the whole family table
    • It is not possible to check out the entire family table
    • Add to workspace of a family table shows some members out of date even though the latest configuration was selected
  • When a mismatch of revisions or versions occur, how to bring all members of a family into the latest revision?
  • Not able to delete the latest iteration of a generic item that seems corrupted
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