Modify and Replace Existing Factory Assets

[bgarden]

Is it possible to modify an existing Factory Asset and replace all previously placed Assets with new version?

[XuesongBai]

Hi there,

Yes, it is possible.

The workflow should be as below.

1, Modify the existing asset. Or maybe publish it to factory asset library

2,Place the modified asset into Inventor 3D layout(The instance of asset will be stored in Factory Assets folder in each project work space)

3, Select all previously placed assets in Inventor 3D layout

4,Use Replace All command to replace all previously placed assets with new version by select the instance from Factory Assets folder 

Thanks,

-Xuesong

[bgarden]

Thanks for the reply.  I was however asking whether it is possible to modify an asset and have all placed occurences automatically updated without the use of the Replace All command.  I realize the way I phrased the question was a little misleading.  I'm guessing from your answer however this is probably not a possibility.   It seems once an Asset has been created there is no way to modify the asset without performing a "Save As" and essentially republishing a new asset.

[XuesongBai · Accepted solution]

Hi there,

Sorry for the misunderstanding.

According to the current asset modification mechanism, it is truly impossible to replace all previous assets automatically.

If you modify the factory asset, new instance will be saved, that is distinguished from the previous assets.

So Replace/Replace All function will be the workaround.

Thanks,

-Xuesong

[bgarden]

Thanks Xuesong.