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Copy configuration from One Part to Configuration of anothr Part

Copy configuration from One Part to Configuration of anothr Part

Copy configuration from One Part to Configuration of anothr Part

(OP)
Good morning, I have be trying for the last hour or so the to do this and so far nothing.  I have a cylinder with a configuration in one part file and I want to copy that configuration to another configuration in another part file, but I have not figured out how to do it yet.  Anyone one out there clue me into how it is done?  Thanks.

RE: Copy configuration from One Part to Configuration of anothr Part

It can't... directly.

Assuming the two parts were at one time the same part and then configs were added individually down the road separately... and now you want to condense it into one file...

Create a design table in both of the parts.  Make sure the design table captures all of the dimensions and feature suppression states.  The copy the fields out of excel from the donor part into the excel fields of the receiving part.  As long as the feature trees don't have too much of a difference, this should work.

If the parts didn't originate from on another... then all bets are off.

-Dustin
Professional Engineer
Certified SolidWorks Professional
Certified COSMOSWorks Designer Specialist
Certified SolidWorks Advanced Sheet Metal Specialist
 

RE: Copy configuration from One Part to Configuration of anothr Part

(OP)
Thanks for the response.  I created the original part and a configuration was added.  Later I create a similar part and I need to add a configuration to it and the configuration is similar to the original parts configuration.  That is why I want to copy it adn then modify the new configuration.  I hope that is clear.

RE: Copy configuration from One Part to Configuration of anothr Part

As Shaggy pretty well stated, configs cannot be copied from one part to another.

Can you Save as the original part (with it's config) to create a copy, and then modify that to your needs.

If it helps, features can be copied from one part to another.

RE: Copy configuration from One Part to Configuration of anothr Part

(OP)
Thanks for the response.  Not what I wanted to hear, but for now I guess I will have to just remake the part.  Then as soon as I am done, it is off the enhancements I go again.

RE: Copy configuration from One Part to Configuration of anothr Part

Not a very logical enhancement.  If you wanted it as a configuration, you should have created it as a configuration in the first place... Or done a saveas as CBL suggested.  That way you would have at least had the same base part so you could have gone down the design table path I suggested.

Think about what you are asking... Lets say I create two models of socket head cap screws... using two totally different modeling methodologies.  Revolving one and doing extrudes on the other.  Now you want to merge these two files so you can have multiple configs.  The feature trees are totally different.  Dim1@sketch1 in the revolve part might describe the length whereas the same named entity of the other part might describe the diameter.

-Dustin
Professional Engineer
Certified SolidWorks Professional
Certified COSMOSWorks Designer Specialist
Certified SolidWorks Advanced Sheet Metal Specialist
 

RE: Copy configuration from One Part to Configuration of anothr Part

This might be easier if you use Linked Value Dimensions in each Part's Table and then Add those driving dimensions to the Config Table. In each part make a sketch of dimensioned points for length dimensions and angle dimensions then Right Click and choose Link Value then enter a Name like
A, B, C, Rad1, Rad2, THK, Length, OD, ID etc.

Name your sketch "-" or a simple name then the colums
"A@-" | "Rad1@-" | "Length@-"

Will have the same name in both tables and you can link the actual part Dimensions to those values. Make sure that when you modify the linked dims that you choose This Configuration to avoid one change cascading to all configs.

Michael

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