ASSY: Setting configurations from the Propery menu pick

When working with a subassembly that has configurations in a multi
configuration assembly it is supposed to be possible to set which
configuration of the subassembly is used in each configuration of the
assembly by RMB on the component, selecting the config and then by
clicking on configuration setting the config(s) in the assembly which
use the config of the subassy. When I select all or choose config, SW
does not seem to want to actually apply the config in the subassy to
all the configs in the assy.

Anybody else run into this?

TOP

 

Yes. A few times over various releases. I've seen it enough times that I
usually check another config to see if it took.

 

This tripped me up several times today till I finally went through
every config and set things up. PITA

 

It is very hard for me to believe that SW cannot automate a test for
such basic functionality. With recent claims that SW does so much
automated testing every day and this being such a systematic and
fundamental error in the user interface how could they not miss it?
Probably because the human element has been taken out of the test
cycle till beta.

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I agree. I see the same problem here. On a similar topic, is it
possible to have a new part added to an configuration be suppressed in
all other configurations by default? It is rare for me to want a new
part added to a configuration to be in all the configurations.

Thanks,
Bill

 

Yes.
When you create a new configuration there are some checkboxes under
'Advanced Options' that allow you to select how you want to handle new
parts added to the assembly. You can suppress, or hide.
You can also change these settings on existing configs by right
clicking them from the Configuration Manager and going to the
configurations Properties.

 

The whole thing does not work as expected in '06 either, any SP I tried
(currently 5.1)