Article - CS23115
Add To Workspace or Update fails with error "Cannot update the workspace <name>. It would cause the family with generic <generic> to become incompatible" in Windchill PDMLink
Modified: 03-Feb-2026
Applies To
- Creo Parametric 1.0 to 12.4
- Pro/ENGINEER and Creo Elements/Pro Wildfire 4.0 to Wildfire 5.0
- Windchill PDMLink 10.0 to 13.1
- Creo+
Description
- Can not update model through Workspace or through Creo Update current
- Add to Workspace, Update , Upload or check in fails with error
Cannot update the workspace <name>. It would cause the family with generic <generic> to become incompatible
- Error Could not be saved to the workspace while saving drawing associated assembly consisting of family table instance
- Unable to perform the "Send to PDM" action
- Receiving the error: Attention: Cannot update the workspace. It would cause the family table with generic file name to become incompatible.
- Add to workspace failed with error： This iteration is incompatible with family table members already existing in the workspace
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