DBWORKS & SW Config Questions
DBWORKS & SW Config Questions
(OP)
Is this possible..........
I want to have 1 solid (threaded rod)
5 configurations (only change is length of a threaded rod).
1 2D drawing that will update with the specified configuration desired.
And last..........With all this said, can I have DBWorks link the 5 possible drawings with 1 DBWorks record? Also if I have a chart on the drawing listing all the configurations with dashes (maybe as variant notes) will those variant notes update if a model configuration length changes?
If this is possible, it would be a huge time savings.
I want to have 1 solid (threaded rod)
5 configurations (only change is length of a threaded rod).
1 2D drawing that will update with the specified configuration desired.
And last..........With all this said, can I have DBWorks link the 5 possible drawings with 1 DBWorks record? Also if I have a chart on the drawing listing all the configurations with dashes (maybe as variant notes) will those variant notes update if a model configuration length changes?
If this is possible, it would be a huge time savings.






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Chris
Sr. Mechanical Designer, CAD
SolidWorks 2005 SP0.1
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Don't know about DBWorks either.
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but then
Do you want 1 drawing or 5?
Since you want a chart on the drawing listing all of the configs, it sounds like you want 1 tabulated drawing. Create your configs using a design table and insert the table on your drawing (name the configs by their dash numbers). Change the length dim to a variable and get the table to match.
If you do have 1 part record and 5 seperate drawings, DBWorks will link them (right-click, open drawing will list all 5),
As for DBWorks, are you saving configurations as distinct records? This is necessary if you want DBWorks to track the configs/revisions seperately.
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Ok, now is it possible to do the opposite as well. 1 drawing associated and linked to 5 DBWorks records?
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There are so many options on how DBWorks can handle configs. Right now, mine is set up to "Save configurations only of components with configuration names like:" and you could put in -[0-9][0-9][0-9] for config names like -001, etc. This way, tabulated drawing configs are saved as seperate records but configs like "Simplified" are not.
With this set-up, I can see exactly which config is used in a particular assembly (which I like), but it seems I have to know which config the drawing is based on to get to the drawing (which I don't like). Your DBWorks supplier should be able to help. I'm gonna call mine to help figure this one out.
Since we do not need a seperate revision history for each config (due to them being on one tabulated drawing), we may not need seperate records. But I would still like to see which congfig is used on each assembly.