Managing Configuration Data

For part and assembly models that contain configurations, you can manage the file size and the time needed to save them.

You can use the Rebuild/Save mark to specify the configurations to keep up-to-date. You can purge cached configuration data every time you save the model.

If a configuration has never been activated (such as one defined in a design table), only essential defining data about the configuration is carried in the model. When you activate a configuration for the first time, the full definition of the configuration’s model data is generated. This full data set is updated and saved every time you save the document. By default, once the full data set is generated, it remains available every time you open the model. Having this full data set readily available for a configuration can save a significant amount of time when switching to that configuration from another. However, for each configuration that you activate, the file size of the model increases, as does the time required to rebuild and save the file.

In Large Design Review mode, you can use the Large Design Review mark to specify which configurations are accessible when you view a model. Users can access the configuration by storing the Display List graphics data. For each marked configuration, the file size increases as the model stores the Display List graphics data for the configuration.

The following icons appear beside the configurations in the ConfigurationManager:

Active Configuration	Inactive Configurations	Description
		Indicates a configuration for which a full, up-to-date data set exists.
		Rebuild/Save Mark. Indicates a configuration that will have its full data set generated the next time you save the document. Subsequently, the data is rebuilt and saved every time you save the document. To unmark a configuration, right-click it and select Remove Rebuild/Save Mark. If the Large Design Review Mark is not selected, the icon changes to or (depending on the current state of its configuration data).
		Large Design Review Mark. Indicates a configuration that will have its display list generated the next time you save the document. Subsequently, the display list is rebuilt and saved every time you save the document. Saving the display list allows you to view the model in Large Design Review mode. To unmark a configuration, right-click it and select Remove Large Design Review Mark. If the Rebuild/Save Mark is not selected, the icon changes to or (depending on the current state of its configuration data).
		Indicates a configuration for which a full data set is out of date or does not exist.