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Configurations - Features Suppressed

Configurations - Features Suppressed

Configurations - Features Suppressed

(OP)
I have a part with multiple configurations, and when I add a new feature to one config, it becomes a suppressed feature in all of the other configs.

If I edit a feature or sketch dimensions, I can select which config the change affects, but I can't find a similar option when creating new features.

Depeding on the model, sometimes I would like it suppressed in the other configs, but if it is a feature I want shared with all configs, I would like it to be unsuppressed in all of them.

If I want it unsuppressed in all configs, I find myself going into each config and unsuppressing each added feature. This is time consuming and leaves the potential for missing some.

Is there a way to specify which configs a new feature will be suppressed/unsuppressed in? Or is there a global setting that I could change on a case-by-case basis?

Thanks,
Lou

RE: Configurations - Features Suppressed

RMB on the part->properties. There's an option for suppression. You can then select what configs you want it suppressed in.

Jeff Mirisola, CSWP
SW '07 SP2.0, Dell M90, Intel 2 Duo Core, 2GB RAM, nVidia 2500M
http://designsmarter.typepad.com/jeffs_blog

RE: Configurations - Features Suppressed

Also, in the config property manager there is an option regarding suppression of new parts. It's under Advanced Options when you create a new config, or if you RMB->properties on a current config.

Jeff Mirisola, CSWP
SW '07 SP2.0, Dell M90, Intel 2 Duo Core, 2GB RAM, nVidia 2500M
http://designsmarter.typepad.com/jeffs_blog

RE: Configurations - Features Suppressed

(OP)
Jeff,
 Your 2nd answer is exactly what I was looking for. That will work out very well for me.

Thanks,
Lou

RE: Configurations - Features Suppressed

In the FM, select the feature and RMB edit feature.  Then, depending on the type of feature, there will be a "configurations" box that might need expanded.  There you will have the same configuration control that you have for dimensions (this/all/specify).

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