Family dialog box

Use the Family dialog box to select a family member, and then complete 1 of the following operations:

• Place from Content Center: Places a part into an assembly.
• Place Feature: Places a feature into a part or assembly.
• Replace from Content Center: Replaces a Content Center component in an assembly.
• Change Size: Changes the size of a Content Center component in an assembly.

Note: The available options depend on how the dialog box is accessed

Access:

The following commands use the Family dialog box: Open from Content Center Place Part from Content Center Place Feature from Content Center Replace from Content Center

As Custom	Places the selected member as a custom part.
As Standard	Places the selected member as a standard part.
Use iMates	Places the selected by using the Content Center component iMates.

Replace All

Replaces all instances of the selected part in the assembly. Available only for Content Center parts.

Context menu:

Add to Favorites

Adds the part or feature with the selected parameters to the active Favorites group.

Select tab

Provides Family primary and secondary Key lists. Selection of primary Key value, filters the secondary Key values. It is the combination of Key values that specify a unique Family member. Specify the key values of a content center member to complete the operation.

Preview image	Displays the preview image for the selected part or feature family.
Parameters	Selects a value for all parameters from the list to specify a part or feature to insert.

Table View

Displays detailed information about the selected part family. Each row specifies parameters of a single-family member.

Note: The Table View is not available for features.

Display	Filters the type of columns to display: Click the down-arrow to select columns to display in the table.
Sort	Displays the Sort dialog box. Use the Sort dialog box to access additional filtering options.

Rows context menu:
Add to favorites	Adds the selected member to the current Favorites list.

Columns context menu:
Hide	Hides the selected column.
Unhide All	Makes visible all the columns.
Column Properties	Opens the Column Properties dialog box.

Family Information tab

The Family Information tab displays information about the selected part or feature family. Family information is read-only.

Name	Displays name of the part or feature family in Content Center Library.
Description	Displays the description text.
Standard Organization	Displays the standard organization.
Manufacturer	Displays the Manufacturer property. When the part is placed in assembly, the text is stored in the Manufacturer iProperty.
Standard	Displays the standard that the family is based on.
Standard Revision	Displays the standard revision that the family is based on.
Source Library	Displays the name of the library, where the part (feature) family is saved.