Configurations allow you to create multiple variations of a part or assembly model within a single document. Configurations provide a convenient way to develop and manage families of models with different dimensions, components, or other parameters.
To create a configuration, you specify a name and properties, then you
modify the model to create the design variations you want.
- In part documents, configurations allow you to create families of
parts with different dimensions, features, and properties, including custom
properties.
- In assembly documents, configurations allow you to create:
- Simplified
versions of the design by suppressing components.
- Families
of assemblies with different configurations of the components, different
parameters for assembly features, different dimensions, or
configuration-specific custom properties.
- In drawing documents, you can display views of the
configurations you create in part and assembly documents.
You can create configurations using any of the following methods:
- Create configurations manually.
- Use design tables to create and manage configurations in a
Microsoft Excel worksheet. You can display design tables in drawings.
- Use the Modify
Configurations dialog box to create and modify configurations for
commonly configured parameters.
Custom properties created in design tables
or the Modify Configurations dialog box are
automatically added to the Configuration
Properties
tab in the Properties dialog box.