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Design table questions
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Design table questions

Design table questions

(OP)
Can someone explain to me the value or need for a derived design table. I don't get why it would be important or valuable to create a derived design table.

Why is $USER_NOTES needed in a design table? Is it just a way to manually create a column or row header and not screw up the design table when you manually type in notes?

Where do you find the 32 bit integer number for $COLOR? I don't see the number in the Appearance Property Manager under color.

 

RE: Design table questions

The color numbers are in the slider windows.

--
Hardie "Crashj" Johnson
SW 2011 SP 2.0
HP Pavillion Elite HPE
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RE: Design table questions

(OP)
Sorry. I meant Derived Configuration.  

RE: Design table questions

A decent example of when and why to use a derived configuration:

Imagine a configured model for many o-ring sizes.  There are many configurations each with the nominal size of an o-ring.  Each config has a derived config as well.  The derived config is the "as installed" shape of the o-ring i.e. compressed.

Just an example.
 

-Dustin
Professional Engineer
Pretty good with SolidWorks

RE: Design table questions

(OP)
I prefer to open my Design Table as Edit Table In New Window but when I do this and try to add a $STATE by double clicking on a Feature it won't work and I get an error message. When I do the same thing with the built in Design Table, no problem. What do I need to do so that I can use Edit Table In New Window and not lose functionality?

RE: Design table questions

(OP)
How do I stop this behavior -> In the Design Table I type something like $PRP@Description and the spreadsheet thinks this is an e-mail address. How can I stop this annoying behavior?

RE: Design table questions

Go to Tools > AutoCorrect > Auto Format As You Type and uncheck Internet and network paths with hyperlinks

RE: Design table questions

Thanks CBL.  That one had been annoying me.

Eric

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