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Possible to edit iMate Insert direction in Content Center Part?

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AlexFielder
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Possible to edit iMate Insert direction in Content Center Part?

I have a Clufix Blind nut which I've authored as a component and then published to our Content Centre (CC) - I realised too late however that the Insert iMate on the edge highlighted below is set to opposed when it should be set to aligned:

 

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Is there any way to force this change into the content center part without deleting/republishing the family? I've modified the iMate in a custom instance of the CC part and done the "Replace Family Template" option from the CC Editor but whilst I got the "Published" success message, the part still aligns incorrectly when I use iMates from the CC dialogue. Do I need to "refresh" the local CC parts I have or is there another way?

 

(BTW this was done with Inventor 2011)

 

Thanks,

 

Alex.

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AlexFielder
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As usual, the very act of writing this down forced me to take another look at the error messages I had been receiving; the upshot of which is that I now have a working iMate.

 

The solution was that the Refresh command was asking me to check out the existing vaulted CC parts - which I now realise is because they needed to be updated to include the direction change in the iMate.

 

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