Making Configurations

[rfisk]

Is there a trick to making configurations? I can't seem to get them consistently defined and I loose or change the ones that I have. Do you make the configuration you want in the scene and then name and create it or is it the other way around. Is it necessary to start in default mode and work from there? Which are the best options to check in the dialog box for making various exploded views of an assembly?

[Mike Allen]

Each new configuration starts as a copy of the current configuration. You may just be missing the correct options. For most purposes, the Create Configurations dialog box should look like the attached image:

 

 

New parts added in other configurations will be suppressed in your new configuration & your new configuration will store the positions of your parts/assemblies.

 

If you have holes or other intellishape features that need to be suppressed/unsuppressed in your new configuration, check the second box.

 

Change the positions & suppressions of your parts after you create the configuration. The positions/suppressions are saved when you leave the configuration.

 

Your Default configuration should normally show everything - unsuppressed & in the correct position. From there, you can create a new configurations and modify the position & suppression of your parts/assemblies.

 

Subsequent configurations can either be made from the Default, or another configuration. Just remember not to make changes until after you create a configuration.

 

Adding parts to your scene after you have created configurations usually requires a decision. Parts added to your Default config won't show up in any of your previously created configs. But parts added to any other config will show up in the Default config (in the orientation of the config in which they were created.) Sometimes you have to weigh the options:

adding parts to Default & modifying other configs,

adding parts to Default & deleting other configs, so you can re-create them from the Default

or adding parts to a config & moving them in the Default.