COnfigurations seem to have stopped working.
COnfigurations seem to have stopped working.
(OP)
I don't seem to be able to create configs anymore. Just a simple assy. I create a new config, name it. I then move some components into new positions. Save the assy. If I revert back to the default config, shouldn't the components appear back in their original positions?
Well this ain't happening, I tell you whut....
My VAR is saying I need to suppress mates and all that crap. But my mates are not conflicting from one position to another.
Well this ain't happening, I tell you whut....
My VAR is saying I need to suppress mates and all that crap. But my mates are not conflicting from one position to another.






RE: COnfigurations seem to have stopped working.
Regards,
Scott Baugh, CSWP
www.scottjbaugh.com
FAQ731-376
RE: COnfigurations seem to have stopped working.
Say you have two plates, each with one hole in it. Make the holes concentric, and mate the two surfaces together. so now the plate with rotate freely about the axis of the hole right?
Say in one config I want the plates to be approximately parallel, and in the other config I want them to be approximately prependicular. I am just moving them by hand into position.
The configs will not retain the two positions?
(I am posting this for a co-worker. He's the one having the problem and he fears the internet) He swears he has done this in the past.
RE: COnfigurations seem to have stopped working.
Chris
Sr. Mechanical Designer, CAD
SolidWorks 05 SP3.1 / PDMWorks 05
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RE: COnfigurations seem to have stopped working.
RE: COnfigurations seem to have stopped working.
Thanks!
RE: COnfigurations seem to have stopped working.
Activate Default Config - Make a parallel mate.
Make a new config - Suppress Parallel Mate and make a new mate Perpendicular
Regards,
Scott Baugh, CSWP
www.scottjbaugh.com
FAQ731-376
RE: COnfigurations seem to have stopped working.
Apply an angular mate between surfaces or planes of the 2 parts. Switch to the other config, then double click the angle mate, the dimension for the angle will appear in the graphic screen. Double click the dimension and change it as needed for the new config, be sure to select "this configuration" in the dimension window. Now when you switch between the configs they will each be at different angles.
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