Any way to add new new config to a batch of parts?
Any way to add new new config to a batch of parts?
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Is there a macro out there that would add a new configuration to multiple parts. It's the same part, just a different material.
Thanks!
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RE: Any way to add new new config to a batch of parts?
I think you may need API to do this? I don't know of a current one to use.
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RE: Any way to add new new config to a batch of parts?
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RE: Any way to add new new config to a batch of parts?
RE: Any way to add new new config to a batch of parts?
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RE: Any way to add new new config to a batch of parts?
Based on your answer, I'm assuming it's possible to add a configuration to multiple different parts in a single function.
I've only been able to marco the material configuration a single part at a time. I've also tried a few macros that copy properties again, only a single part at a time....but I don't think there's a way to copy configurations from one part to another.
RE: Any way to add new new config to a batch of parts?
Writing a macro that updates multiple documents is non-trivial and can't be done just with the macro recorder. It requires traversing a folder or a file with a list of file names and it requires getting and setting configuration information. It also requires that there is a consistent organization for the way you do configs.
People with PDM systems have this taken care of by the PDM system.
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RE: Any way to add new new config to a batch of parts?
What is your requirements with the configuration and material type. I mean what "Configuration name" and "material details". I can help with a macro that can add the configuration with material to multiple files.
Deepak Gupta
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