The SOLIDWORKS Modify Configurations dialog box provides a table where you can create and modify configurations for commonly configured parameters in parts and assemblies. In the presentation we will go over the history of the tool, accessing the tool, creating and modifying configurations, adding and modifying the table, custom properties, and limitations.
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5. What is the “Modify Configurations”
Dialog Box?
History
Accessing the Dialog Box
▪ Configurable Items
Creating/Modifying Configurations
Adding/Modifying the Table
Custom Properties
Save Table View
Limitations
6. The Modify
Configurations
dialog box provides
a table where you
can create and
modify
configurations for
commonly
configured
parameters in parts
and assemblies.
7. You can perform the following operations in the Modify
Configurations dialog box:
Add, delete, and rename configurations.
Create, edit, and delete configuration-specific custom properties.
Rename features and dimensions.
Un-configure parameters, which applies the active configuration's value to
all configurations.
In parts, you can configure:
Dimensions of features and sketches
Suppression states of features and sketches
Material
Custom properties
In assemblies, you can configure:
Which configurations of components to use
Dimensions of assembly features and mates
Suppression states of components, assembly features, and mates
Custom properties
8. Modify Configurations:
Introduced in 2012
Replace Excel Design Tables?
Was Limited
Stable in 2014
9. To access the Modify Configurations
dialog do one of the following:
Right-click an item and click Configure
Dimension, Configure Feature,
Configure Component, or Configure
Material.
Modify a previously saved table in the
ConfigurationManager, expand Tables,
right-click a saved table, and click
Show Table.
10. Select a feature, sketch, or mate
in the FeatureManager design
tree to make its dimensions
visible in the graphics area.
In the graphics area, right-click
a dimension and click Configure
Dimension
In the Modify Configurations
dialog box, you can:
Create new configurations.
Edit the dimension values for each
configuration.
Click the arrow at the top of the
column to select other parameters of
the sketch or feature to configure.
11. In the FeatureManager design
tree or graphics area, right-
click a feature, sketch, or
mate and click Configure
Feature
In the Modify Configurations
dialog box, you can:
Create new configurations.
Suppress or unsuppress the
feature for each configuration.
Click the arrow at the top of the
column to select other
parameters of the sketch or
feature to configure
12. In an assembly, right-click a
component and click
Configure Component.
In the Modify Configurations
dialog box, you can:
Create new assembly
configurations.
Change the component
configuration used in each
assembly configuration.
Suppress or unsuppress the
component for each assembly
configuration.
13. In the FeatureManager design tree,
right-click Material and click
Configure Material.
The Modify Configurations dialog box
appears. In the Material column, a
drop-down list of material Favorites is
available for each configuration.
To specify a material for a
configuration, click the arrow in the
Material column, and then do one
of the following:
Select a material from the list.
Select Browse More at the bottom of
the list to access the Material dialog
box, where you can select a predefined
material or create a custom material.
14. In the Modify
Configurations dialog box,
at the bottom of the
Configuration Name
column, click <Creates a
new configuration>.
Type a name and press
Enter.
You can right-click any
configuration and click the
following:
Rename Configuration
Delete Configuration
Add Derived Configuration
Switch to Configuration.
Makes the selected
configuration the active one.
15. Double-click items
(features, sketches, etc.) in
the graphics area or
FeatureManager design tree
to add their configurable
parameters to the table.
To remove an item from the
table, right-click its column
header and click Delete.
The item is removed from the
table. It remains unchanged in
the model.
16. To Unconfigure a
parameter, right-click
the column heading
and click Unconfigure.
The active
configuration's value for
the parameter is applied
to all configurations,
and the column
disappears from the
table.
17. To edit parameter
values, click in a cell
and:
Type to change numeric
values.
Select or clear check
boxes to change the
suppression state of
features, sketches,
components, and
mates.
Select from a list of
component
configurations or part
materials.
18. To rename a feature or
sketch:
Right-click the name in the
column header and click
Rename. Type a new name.
The name changes in the
dialog box. Click Apply. The
name updates in the
FeatureManager design tree.
19. You can add a
column for every
configured
parameter in the
model at once by
clicking All
Parameters at the
bottom of the
dialog box
20. At the bottom of the Modify
Configurations dialog box, click
Hide/Show Custom Properties .
To configure existing properties,
click the arrow at the top of the
Custom Properties column, select
properties, and click in a blank
area of the dialog box.
A column is added for each property
you selected.
To add a new property:
Click the arrow at the top of the
Custom Properties column and select
“New Property” at the bottom of the
list.
Click in a blank area of the dialog
box.
In the column header, right-click
New Property and click Rename.
Type a name and press Enter.
To change property values, click in
a cell and type.
21. To save the current
view of the table and
apply changes to the
model
For New Tables:
▪ Type in a name for the
Table
▪ Click the Save Table View
icon.
For Existing Tables:
▪ Click the Save Table View
icon.
If you forget the
Configurations will be
created but a Table will
not be Created/Updated
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