Should I delete un-used config items from Design table ?
Should I delete un-used config items from Design table ?
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I have DOWEL_PIN.SLDPRT which has hundreds items in the Design Table.
Yet in a project I typically use a few of them.
Question: Should I make a copy of the original hundred+ items as say MASTER_DOWEL_PIN.SLDPRT and then in the job use a modified copy of it which has all the un-used config deleted ?
Yet in a project I typically use a few of them.
Question: Should I make a copy of the original hundred+ items as say MASTER_DOWEL_PIN.SLDPRT and then in the job use a modified copy of it which has all the un-used config deleted ?






RE: Should I delete un-used config items from Design table ?
In the case of dowels though, I would make a separate file for each diameter & have the DT in each controlling only the lengths.
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RE: Should I delete un-used config items from Design table ?
Could you explain why you would make separate files for each diameter? Is there a performance hit for large DTs?
Thanks,
Eric
RE: Should I delete un-used config items from Design table ?
I used the separate file for screw diameters when creating my library, so would just continue the same logic with other parts. More personal preference than anything else.
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RE: Should I delete un-used config items from Design table ?
You could make a working copy of your dowel pin file, delete all unused configurations while you are working. At a later date, you could (if you wanted) replace the working copy with the original (and add any new configs in the DT).
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RE: Should I delete un-used config items from Design table ?
I then created two assemblies, one that contained the first screw part with 10 configs. I inserted it 10 times and changed each instance to a different config. In the second assembly, I inserted the 10 screw parts files.
Load times for both were about the same. The first file with configs is easier to manage IMO, not to mention easier to change sizes in assemblies. We have one pan head machine screw file with over 200 configs in it. No performance issues that I see.
Jason
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RE: Should I delete un-used config items from Design table ?
How were the file sizes affected?
I agree, however in my (Zero) case
So from here on in I will use the completely configured version of that part.
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RE: Should I delete un-used config items from Design table ?
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