Subassemblies, Configurations, and Suppression, Oh My!
Subassemblies, Configurations, and Suppression, Oh My!
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sorry bout the subject.
I'm working with pipe fabrications in subassemblies within a main assembly. the problem i'm having is that my configurations in the main assembly can only determine wether or not each entire subassembly is suppressed. if i want only half of a subassembly to show in one configuration (of the main assembly) and the other half to show in another configuration (of the main assembly) how do i go about this?
the best i could come up with (not sure if it's possible) is to associate each main assembly configuration with a subassembly configuration, so the main configuration determines wether or not the subassembly is suppressed, and if not, which configuration it shows.
clear? any ideas?
i suppose the other option is to make better subassemblies, but i'm mainly interested in exploring solidworks' limits.
I'm working with pipe fabrications in subassemblies within a main assembly. the problem i'm having is that my configurations in the main assembly can only determine wether or not each entire subassembly is suppressed. if i want only half of a subassembly to show in one configuration (of the main assembly) and the other half to show in another configuration (of the main assembly) how do i go about this?
the best i could come up with (not sure if it's possible) is to associate each main assembly configuration with a subassembly configuration, so the main configuration determines wether or not the subassembly is suppressed, and if not, which configuration it shows.
clear? any ideas?
i suppose the other option is to make better subassemblies, but i'm mainly interested in exploring solidworks' limits.






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it can't adjust the suppression of individual parts in a subassembly.
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