Subassemblies, Configurations, and Suppression, Oh My!

[Milothicus]

sorry bout the subject.

I'm working with pipe fabrications in subassemblies within a main assembly. the problem i'm having is that my configurations in the main assembly can only determine wether or not each entire subassembly is suppressed. if i want only half of a subassembly to show in one configuration (of the main assembly) and the other half to show in another configuration (of the main assembly) how do i go about this?

the best i could come up with (not sure if it's possible) is to associate each main assembly configuration with a subassembly configuration, so the main configuration determines wether or not the subassembly is suppressed, and if not, which configuration it shows.

clear? any ideas?

i suppose the other option is to make better subassemblies, but i'm mainly interested in exploring solidworks' limits.

 

[Milothicus]

Found it. in each configuration (main), right-clicking on the subassembly and selecting properties allows you to choose which configuration (sub) is associated with the active configuration (main)...

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[CorBlimeyLimey]

You can use a Design Table to control the suppression state of parts & assys.


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[Milothicus]

The problem i had was that a main assembly's configuration can only determine whether or not a subassembly is suppressed, and which config of the subassembly is referenced.

it can't adjust the suppression of individual parts in a subassembly.

 

[MadMango]

Nope, you'd have to create new configs in the sub-assys.

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[Milothicus]

I was working on a system for that.... then realized there's no need for subassemblies. so...now we'll dissolve all subassemblies. much simpler...