I have an external merge of a Creo part model in my part model tree.
The inserted model has changed and it's part name has correspondingly changed.
I would expect that I could click "Replace" to which a file browser would open up and I could pick the file I wanted to replace this model out with.
Creo doesn't work in this intuitive way. I'm starting to wonder whether this is even possible.
First of all when I right click the "External Merge" I do not see a "Replace" option.
I would logically expect the next place to check would be under "Edit Definition". I choose this and choose "No" when the question is asked "Confirm Reference Model".
In doing this the "Replace" option is not immediately obvious, but if you click on the merged object's name it does reveal the "Replace" option.
When you click on "Replace" it does show the file explorer, but nothing appears available to be replaced. Just to try something I typed in the part number of what I want to use. Great! now the part shows up. Now I should just have to choose OPEN and the model file will be replaced.
Wrong, nothing at all happens???
I don't see any possible way of replacing out a modified part model with a changed name. This is a very simple action with our previous CAD system, and sometimes the entire history tree holds together with the replaced part. The only way I can see getting the newly named part model into the model tree is to delete the old and replace it out. This of course results in complete model tree failures as there is no links to the old model.
Could someone please explain how replacing out a new model with a new model name is possible in Creo?