Identical Shared Families with Different Names in Project due to Reloading Fam.

[Anonymous]

Hello,

1. I have the same shared family in a project with different names: the new being Pallet(Gen) and the old Pallet_[GEN]rfa. I am trying to reload/replace the Pallet_[GEN]rfa family with the Pallet(Gen) family, however I'm conflicted with the warning: "The name "Pallet(Gen)" is already in use."

2. What is a good method for renaming nested families and then loading in to project? Do you have to first rename nested/shared families in your project, before you reload your host family with the renamed nested family into the project?

Any assistance would be much appreciated - thanks!

[Anonymous]

I'm thinking that maybe I need to open all host families that contain the nested family Pallet_[GEN] and reload it with Pallet(Gen) within there, and then load the host families back in the project, and once all have been moved I can delete/purge the Pallet_[GEN] from the project. I have quite a lot of host families that refer to these nested shared families. So is this the most effective method or is there something else I could do?

[ToanDN · Accepted solution]

- Load the correct shared family Pallet(Gen) in your project
- Open the host families with Pallet_[GEN] and rename the nested family to Pallet(Gen), then reload them in project.  Do not choose override Pallet(Gen)family when asked.

[barthbradley · Accepted solution]

probably six of one, half dozen of another, but you could open the families and label the Nested Family in it to a Family Types Parameter in the Host, then reload the Host into Project and swap out its nested family via the Family Type drop-down box.   

...might even be able to do the swapping more efficiently through a Schedule.

FWIW

[Anonymous]

Thanks @barthbradley, quite interested to try your method and see how it goes.