Component replacement using iAssembly?

[Anonymous]

Hello all,

I was wondering if iAssemblies (maybe in combination with iLogic) offer the ability to dynamically replace components, being linked to members? I have an iAssembly of a roofing system containing multiple members, that could all have different sub-iAssemblies for roof covering, using different members. It would look as follows:

Main assembly member Sub iAssembly Sub iAssembly member

Front-Left-side	Rooftiles.iam	Front-Left-side
Front-Mid-Side	Rooftiles.iam	Front-Mid-Side
Front-Right-Side	Rooftiles.iam	Front-Right-Side
Back-Left-Side	Solarpanels.iam	Back-Left-Side
Back-Mid-Side	Solarpanels.iam	Back-Mid-Side
Back-Right-Side	Solarpanels.iam	Back-Right-Side

I've been searching the web for an hour but couldn't find any suitable solutions. Any help would be much appreciated! (I don't shy away for some coding.)

[S_May]

... please attach pictures + sketches and models + drawings (pack models by pack and go + ZIP), create patterns for sensitive data.

[johnsonshiue · Accepted solution]

Hi! The workflow you are looking for is not supported. Within an iAssembly, you can use "table-replace" to switch from one iPart member or one iAssembly member to another. But, you cannot swap out any regular part or subassembly.

iPart/iAssembly is supposed to create library components. Those components have similar shape but in different sizes. All the definitions need to be captured on the author table.

If I understood your request correctly, I think you want to use iLogic instead. You can focus on building one configuration. Next you use iLogic Design Copy to preserve the variation (make a copy).  Then work on another configuration.

Many thanks!

[Anonymous]

Thank you, that is a good alternative!