In the browser pane, right click on the part you don't want in your
assembly, select "Replace Component" and browse to the one you do want and
select it. Double-click or "open" it,
"msujcrew1" wrote in message
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> i have inventor 8. in mechanical desktop, you can open up an assembly, go
into catalog, and change a certain part to point to another file, replacing
the original part. how do i do this in inventor?
>
> i have an assembly, with several parts, but i drew another part that is
similiar to one of those parts that are in the assembly. i want to keep both
parts, because we make both, but i want the assembly to xref to the new part
and not the older one. any information on this would be greatly
appreciated.