Group Revisions of Family and Instances

You can add the attribute IEF-SetDefaultFamilyObjectRevisionMode to the Connector for SOLIDWORKS GCO, and ensure that it is set to together, which is the default value.

Whenever a family structure is revised, it is always revised together. Consequently, all the items of family structure are revised at the same time. Revisions of the family structure do not depend on the state of the items in the family structure. However, lack of access to revise one of the items results in the whole structure not being revised and the transaction being ended.

The family tower considered for revising while revising the instance is the family tower of the last connected family. The object revised is the latest/last revision although the file and structure are copied from the actual object that is revised.

Revising any item to a different revision than the next revision results in that item being revised to the specified revision and other items revised to the next revision.

You can see together revision behavior when objects are revised:

  • From the Connector for SOLIDWORKS Client during the Save operation.
  • From the revision's link in the Web user interface.
  • Through the Enterprise Change Order (ECO).
Note: If the attribute IEF-EnableFamilyTogetherMode is present in the Connector for SOLIDWORKS GCO, remove it. Use instead the new IEF-SetDefaultFamilyObjectRevisionMode attribute, thereby deprecating the attribute IEF-EnableFamilyTogetherMode.