Import in Context with Reconciliation

This task explains how to create an assembly then replace a document within the assembly with respect to the constraints using the label publication.

This feature is available for both the board and the manufacturing panel.

Open a new product document.

Right-click the root product and select Components > New Product .
Name it Electrical.
Right-click the root product again and select Components > New Product .
Name it Mechanical: you will use this one to create the context: the casing.
Right-click the Mechanical product and select Components > Existing Component .
The File Selection dialog box opens.
Select the casing.CATPart.

At this stage, the document looks like this:
Double-click the Electrical product and select Start > Equipment & Systems > Circuit Board Design workbench.
Select Import in context .
You are prompted to select a face as the context.
Select the top face of the casing.
The Circuit Board Design dialog box opens.
Navigate to select the Reconciliation1.idf file.

Navigate to select the default.lib file then click OK.
The status bar indicates the import progression.

The result looks like this:
Note: click the Publication in the specification tree.
It shows the association of labels to the geometrical faces of the board: Top and Bottom.

Switch to the Assembly Design workbench.
You will define the label for the casing top face.
Select Tools > Publication... .
The dialog box opens.
Click Browse... .
The Publication dialog box opens.
Click OK.
Double-click to activate the root product.
Click Coincidence Constraint .

Click Close in the Assistant dialog box.

You are prompted to select the faces you want to be constrained:

select the publication label of the casing
then the publication label of the bottom of the board

The coincidence constraint is created and added to the specification tree.

Double-click Coincidence.1 (Electrical,Mechanical) under the Constraints node in the specification tree. The Constraint Definition dialog box opens:

It shows the type, components and status of the constrain.
Click OK to validate.
Right-click the Electrical Product and select Components > Replace Component .
The File Selection dialog box opens.

Select the Reconciliation2.idf file.

In this file a pocket has been added to the board.
The Import dialog box opens to let you choose the default.libThe status bar indicates the progression.
The result looks like this:

Double-click Constraint .

You can see the Constraint Definition.
The coincidence constraint has been maintained although the board has been replaced.

Click OK to validate.