Lock Assembleys ?

Hello,

how to handle, in the following question ?

the issue is that I made some parts/assembleys whith several configurations,
these ass./parts I use in other ass. and there I suppress some features/ or
parts to leaf them temp. out.

Is there a way to do this, whithout effecting the original part or ass.
so can I close the door behind me, when the part or ass. is in ???

With frendly greetings,

Paul van Uden

 

Paul,

If I understand your question correctly, you are wondering if there is
a way for you to suppress features or parts (from within some other
assembly) and avoid having those suppressions affect the original
files?

I'd say the answer is YES, as long as you have configurations which can
be dedicated to the different assemblies.

In other words, for example, if Part1 is referenced in three assemblies
and you want the changes (suppression or display state, etc.) to be
independent, then it will be necessary to have one configuration of the
part for each assembly.

Similarly, if you have an assembly being referenced as a Sub-Assembly
in more than one upper level Assembly, then (to keep the changes
separate) the sub-assembly will need a configuration dedicated to each
upper level one.

It's quite easy to create configurations. The challenge, however, can
often be to manage their use.

I keep hoping that SolidWorks will make it possible to temporarily
"LOCK" configurations in order to prevent unintended changes. Such a
locked state would act to prompt the user to create a new configuration
when alternate changes are desired and the existing configuration(s)
are ones which should not be altered...

Per O. Hoel
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If you make new configurations each time that you suppress some features or
parts, then the original configurations won't be affected.

Jerry Steiger
Tripod Data Systems
"take the garbage out, dear"

 

Aren't you both leaving out a valuable piece of info? To keep changes out
of other configs, you need to "lock the gates" on the other configs. Each
config has a setting/s that prevent changes to other configs from coming in
and affecting them. Do a RMB on the config name, choose Properties, and you
will find options to Suppress new features and mates, Suppress features,
etc.

It's handy to know how those settings work and to be able to manipulate them
easily. I have a macro that goes through all the configs and either turns
on or turns off the Suppress new features and mates or the Suppress features
setting. The thought is that you may have 30 or 40 configs. You are
working on a particular one, and you realize that what you are about to do,
you would prefer to have done to all 40 of them. So, run the macro to turn
off the setting (unlock the gate) in all configs, add the feature, etc, then
run it again to turn them all on (lock the gate) again.

WT

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Absolutely! I think you answered the question that Paul was asking. Per and
I jumped right over it.

Jerry Steiger
Tripod Data Systems
"take the garbage out, dear"