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Different configurations of the same part in an assembly at same time?

Different configurations of the same part in an assembly at same time?

Different configurations of the same part in an assembly at same time?

(OP)
Is it possible to insert multiple instances of a part into an assembly and give each one a different configuration? Right now, when I change the configuration of 1 part it changes the rest of them.

RE: Different configurations of the same part in an assembly at same time?

Insert two instance of same part. Then right click on the part and select the appropriate configuration.

Do you have a part pattern in the assembly.

Deepak Gupta
SW 2010 SP4.0 & 2011 SP1.0
DriveWorks Pro 7 SP5
Boxer's SolidWorks™ Blog

RE: Different configurations of the same part in an assembly at same time?

(OP)
Wow, it's working now! I have no idea why it wouldn't work before. I didn't have a part pattern.

RE: Different configurations of the same part in an assembly at same time?

May be you might have selected (unknowingly) all the part(s)in the feature manager.

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Deepak Gupta
SW 2010 SP4.0 & 2011 SP1.0
DriveWorks Pro 7 SP5
Boxer's SolidWorks™ Blog

RE: Different configurations of the same part in an assembly at same time?

I seem to recall that you can change individual instance configurations within a pattern? True or not?

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Hardie "Crashj" Johnson
SW 2010 SP 4.0
HP Pavillion Elite HPE
W7 Pro, Nvidia Quaddro FX580

 

RE: Different configurations of the same part in an assembly at same time?

Yes you can but if try to change the parent part, all pattern instance will update/change.

Deepak Gupta
SW 2010 SP4.0 & 2011 SP1.0
DriveWorks Pro 7 SP5
Boxer's SolidWorks™ Blog

RE: Different configurations of the same part in an assembly at same time?

Quote:

Yes you can but if try to change the parent part, all pattern instance will update/change.
Thanks; that is much as it should be, eh?
So if you want to change the parent config, go ahead, then you have to change all your child part configs.

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Hardie "Crashj" Johnson
SW 2010 SP 4.0
HP Pavillion Elite HPE
W7 Pro, Nvidia Quaddro FX580

 

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