Article - CS16326
How are "Substitute Members" in a CAD Document Assembly structure created and deleted in Windchill PDMLink?
Modified: 10-Oct-2025
Applies To
- Windchill PDMLink 9.1 to 13.1
- Creo Parametric 1.0 to 11.0
- Pro/ENGINEER and Creo Elements/Pro Wildfire 3.0 to Wildfire 5.0
Description
- How are Substitute Members in a CAD Document (EPM Document) Assembly structure created and deleted?
- How can I break dependencies to substitute components that no longer exist (ghost objects)
- Model Information : THIS FEATURE IS CURRENTLY SUPPRESSED COMPONENT IS A SUBSTITUTE COMPONENT
SUBSTITUTION IS BY FAMILY TABLE COMPONENT IS NOT ACTIVE IN ANY SIMPLIFIED REPRESENTATION - Unable to remove the Substitute Member dependency in CAD assembly structure for a few assemblies structures
- An instance model is shown as a component on the Structure of an assembly in Windchill, however it could not be found on Creo model tree and Creo Search tool
- In the Creo reference viewer, it could find dummy Substitute Membership dependency, however this substitute components are invisible in Creo model tree
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