Drawing of a part with multiple configurations

Hi There,

I'm using Swx 2003 and have a questions about drawings of
multi-configurational parts. Can a drawing be made with a table of
values for the dimensions that are changed in the configurations?

I've got a bolt that I'm using as a stop and have turn a groove along
the length for use with a snap ring. The distance of the ring is the
only thing that changes with the configuration. I would really rather
not make a drawing for each configuration.

Thanks,

Chris

 

In your model insert a Design table. This will ask you which values you
want to show up in it. You can then in the drawing select a view of the
part and select Inser/Design Table and the table will insert onto your
drawing.

 

If you don't actually need something driving your assembly, you can simply
make a config. block in Excel, then drop it onto your drawing. I think this
is a lot easier than making a design table. It takes more effort to get a
design table to look right on the drawing than one little dimension
warrants.

How this works:
Open Excel. Make the bottom row which contains your column labels
(CONFIG, DESCRIPTION, 'A', REV, etc.). On the row above, fill in your
values (-01, LONG, 1.250, A, etc.). Make as many rows as you need. Add
your preferred border style and save this. The name isn't important because
the file gets embedded into the drawing. Exit Excel. From Windows Explorer,
drag this file onto your drawing.

The problem with this method is that nothing is parametric. It simply is
text in a pretty box. For us this is the method of choice, because
SolidWorks doesn't recognize the need for design table information on the
drawing. They made improvements (arguably) on BOMs, Rev Blocks, Hole
Tables, and Cut Lists, but no improvements for configurations.

___________________
Todd Bennett
Celerity Group, Inc
tbennett<nospam>@celerity.net

 

I sent you a file explaining how to set up a tabulated drawing. This was an
article written by Lee Bell and I think it may do just what you are looking
for. Take a look and let us know.

WT