Configurations inside of other configurations
Configurations inside of other configurations
(OP)
Hello over there,
Now I'm having troubles with configurations, I need to create configurations inside of other configurations... is it possible to do in SW???
Regards,
Rodrigo Basniak
Curitiba, PR
Brazil
Now I'm having troubles with configurations, I need to create configurations inside of other configurations... is it possible to do in SW???
Regards,
Rodrigo Basniak
Curitiba, PR
Brazil






RE: Configurations inside of other configurations
Yes you can! If I'm understanding you correctly
You can create part configurations, then use those parts inside of an assembly that has different configurations.
Ex:
Part 1 has configurations:
A, B, C
Assembly A has configurations:
1, 2, 3
Assembly A1 uses part A
Assembly A2 uses part B
Assembly A3 uses part C
It is probably (in my opinion) better to use a design table when you start getting into this kind of situtation. The property your going to have to use in a design table to call a certain part configuration is
"$CONFIGURATION@component<instance>"
Using the example above it would like like this when controlling a part in an assembly DT.
"$CONFIGURATION@Part 1<1>"
The column directly under that would be the config you wanted to use, A, B, or C.
Scott Baugh, CSWP
George Koch Sons,LLC
Evansville, IN 47714
sjb@kochllc.com
RE: Configurations inside of other configurations
RE: Configurations inside of other configurations
Anyway...
gbhensley,
If what you need are subconfigurations - configurations of a configuration within one part or assembly model file, I believe Solidworks 2001plus will handle that when it's released. I attended a VAR demo of it last week, and if I understood correctly, this is one of the enhancements. In the meantime, hopefully the method Scott outlined above will work for you.
Charley Leonard
CSWP
www.2dto3d.com
RE: Configurations inside of other configurations
Charley Leonard
CSWP
www.2dto3d.com