how do you change a group into a family

[ray salmon]

or can you...

r

[davidcobi]

* Isolate your group in a 3D view
* Export the view in the SAT CAD format
* Start a generic family
* Import the SAT file into the family

[ray salmon]

cool!!

this is handy if you need something like a small deck frame to work on outside the project. and still have it come in the right place

r

[ray salmon]

this doesn't look like anything you can edit and then reload.?

r

[twiceroadsfool]

First of all, using such a technique is going to have several implications:

1. You will have changed everything in that "group" to being a generic object, which means it wont behave accordingly for lineweights, visibility, scheduling, etc.

2. As youve discovered, youre going to face problems with updating, losing associated references/constraints/dimensions/attachments.

What exactly are you trying to achieve? What is the group of originally? A model group or a detail group? Why do you want it to be a family instead?

If you just want it editable *in another family* try saving the group to file, and reloading it when you edit it. If its a detail group, then turn it in to symbolic lines in a family.

But tell us what youre after and why and we can probbaly point you in the right direction. :)