Replace

This command allows you to replace a component with a component of the same functionality. (An Hexagonal head screw can be replaced with a Cylindrical head screw, but not with a washer.)

If you wish to change the code of the component only, you have to use the Code popup command.

Creation stages / Use:

On the component to replace, select the Other/Replace... popup command.

The actual part or assembly and also the actual code are remembered at the beginning of the dialog, but are non-modifiable.
Select if only this component or several components of this family will be replace.

- If this component is checked, only this component will be replaced.
- If several components of this family is checked:
- 1. - all components with the same code will be replaced by checking with code ... (for example if a washer L5 is selected, all washers L5 will be replaced)
    
    - All codes of this family will be replaced ( for example, if the washer L5 is selected, all washers L will be replaced).

By: (Select the replacement component)
- Same function: allows to replace a component by another using the same function. For example, all screws use the "screw" function, so you can replace a type of screw by another type of screw. On the other hand, a washer doesn't use the "screw" function, so you cannot replace a screw by a washer.
- Open documents: Allows to replace a component by one of the opened documents if it is coherent (a opened draft will not be proposed).
- All majors: allows to select another major revision of the component.
- Same folder: Allows to select one of the part of the same folder, without opening it.
Regarding your choice (in 3.), a list with the compatible documents is proposed. Select the wanted document and if it is a family, the code to use.
If the part to replace is a components, the drivers of the replacement component are displayed in the Replace dialog box. Drivers are matched either by their name, or through a Family driving document.
Validate the dialog by clicking .

This command is not available with a family instance with drivers.

When a document (Part or Assembly) without family is included several times in an assembly, this command doesn't allows you to replace all the occurrences of this document at once.