Resolving a Part Family Component

 

You can resolve part family components one by one if the part family containing the components has not been resolved.

Resolving a part family or a part family component means that you generate the .CATPart documents referred to by the part family or the part family component. These documents are generated in a specific place (a folder you specify in the catalog settings) and each generated document is a copy of the generative part configured with the matching row in the design table.
 
Open one of the default catalogs provided with the Catalog Editor. In our example, we are working with the EN_nuts chapter which contains a design table. This catalog can be accessed the following way:
  • on Windows
    $CATStartupPath\components\MechanicalStandardParts\EN_Standards\EN.catalog
  • on UNIX
    $CATStartupPath/components/MechanicalStandardParts/EN_Standards/EN.catalog
     

  1. In the Catalog tree, double-click the part family to which the to-be-resolved part family component belongs.

  2. Click the Preview tab.

  3. Right-click the description to be resolved and select xxx object -> Resolve.

    The status displayed in the Type column under the Reference tab changes to "Resolved part family configuration".

The .CATPart document containing the resolved component is generated in the storage folder defined in the  catalog settings (Tools > Options > Infrastructure > Catalog Editor > Catalogs). The path of this folder is displayed in the Object Name column.

By default, if PartName is defined in the design table row, the name of the generated document corresponds to the PartName value. Otherwise, it corresponds to the PartNumber value. Note that all document names must be unique.

Note: The resolved part never contains the design table since it is removed during resolution.