Please like, Share and comment if you have found this tutorial helpful. Just use the drop down in reference configuration. You will be able to access your configurations in your technical drawings making it easy to compare assembly positioning and switch through configurations so they don't need to be loaded into your drafting sheet individually. This method works with mates as well including, advanced and mechanical mates. Insert your new component as normal it will only show in the configuration you have selected and will be suppressed in all the others until you unsuppress in each configuration. You also can include new parts or suppress existing parts in each assembly level configurations in the same way as you did at part level.
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Here I have added the properties of the other configurations using the specify configurations option. You will be able to switch through your assembly configurations in the configurations tab. This is all about getting the right part configurations to match the assembly configurations. This also works with sub- assembly's within a larger assembly. This is where you can select which part configuration to add to the assembly level configuration you currently have selected. To bring the part configurations up to assembly level right click the part in the feature tree and select properties. In the same way as part level add in some configurations into your assembly.
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I want to make the bore of this cylinder larger so I increase the dimension with the for this configuration option selected. Solidworks has a little glitch the options aren't showing but they are there.Īt the top is for this configuration only With the configuration you want to edit selected go into the dimension you want to modify at the end of the dimension input box select the small drop down. You are now able select the configuration you want to edit in the configurations tab and change dimensions, extrudes also create and supress features without effecting your original part . Now to make each of your configurations unique. Give your configuration a name then select the green tick.
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But if I edit the mirrored part, only the mirrored part changes.Using this Example of a Basic Hydraulic Ram.Īn easy to follow tutorial on creating and enabling part configurations and how to follow them through to assembly level resulting in more diverse parts and dynamic 3D models.Īt the top of the feature tree you will find the configuration tab select and right click the space where the feature tree usually is then select add configurations. If I make a change to the original part, the mirrored part updates accordingly. I’ll click the green check and the mirrored part is created. When I do, the mirrored part opens up in its own window and I can select what properties I want to transfer. I’ll select a face and then go to the insert drop down menu and click mirror part. To create the mirrored part, you first have to select the face or the plane you want to mirror the part about or else you wont be able to activate the command. You can use the mirrored part in an assembly without having to use the original part. Using the Mirror Part feature lets you create a left hand version of the existing part without having to model it from the ground up.
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While there are various methods you could use to remove the original component, I prefer to use the Mirror Part feature to mirror a body. If you create an assembly level cut to remove the original component, then you’re left with a cluttered feature tree. However, if you delete the original component, SOLIDWORKS also deletes the mirrored component because it’s a child of the original component. When working in an assembly, users can mirror components by using the “Mirror Components” feature.