structural member + configurations?

[aldo1971]

Good evening to all, I immediately pass to my first question,
I look for a method that allows me (without pdm):

-design trees and turning of various ø and lengths and processing
- quickly find similar things already done
-which sets in separate (the excel table which can be created and exported) the material used the ns. code for that material/dimension and the length automatically (e.g. n°3 traverso_di_union trafilato_ø50_inox code_material_in_123456 l=503mm)

we have many pieces of "form" equal but of different sizes, simplifying with an example you could think of a simple ø traverse from 20 to 50 (pass 5mm) and l= from 200 to 1000 (mixed various/infinite) with threads in the head ma8/10/12/14 x 20/25/30.

every time we need a traverse like this we would like to always take the same file "through_of_union" from our library, use the configurations to choose the one already designed and encoded in the past or create a new configuration and then change ø filet length code.

In order to be able to have the internal material code in the table, I had thought to create a structural member for each ø and assign them the ns internal code, so I could have put in configuration also the ø and every change ø I would have automatically changed the code attached to it that would be reported in table excel.

Now, the configurations are not too clear, I tried with some diameter but I happen that when I change the length of the extrusion in a configuration it also changes me in all the others, making it useless.

would you tell me if the method used is correct or how would you manage all those variables in one file?

 

[re_solidworks]

I would not use configurations so heavily, after a while it becomes a total chaos and research instead of focusing on the windows folders is concentrated in the configurations of the parts/assiems (prive of search tools).
using this system means making hundreds of configurations within each part and I would never do it.
you could ovviate with data tables, but in this case if there is a network with shared files there may be some problem.

for finding similar things already done. ..serves a well-made speaker encoding and search usage after indexing the disk, but will never arrive at the convenience of a pdm.

regarding trees and reuse of profiles, etc... I see well an environment together and not the structural member, but frankly I think I have not grasped your goal.

 

[MassiVonWeizen]

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Now, the configurations are not too clear, I tried with some diameter but I happen that when I change the length of the extrusion in a configuration it also changes me in all the others, making it useless.

because probably when you change the value you don't check the setting "to this configuration".
when you issue the quota with the new value on the left under the value field there is an arrow that opens you a curtain with configuration options

 

[geppetto]

Yes, you have to specify the value you want to attribute to (current/all/one/+ of one). Moreover, you should do all these excel operations (it is easier).
created a part with or without a derived confiiguration, try to generate a table automatically from the model (include in the table all the functions/values you feel appropriate).
open this table and you will see that they appear to you:
1) columns indicating the name of values or functions.
2)The lines that indicate the configuration name.
the first line always indicates the "default" configuration.
by applying a little you can verify that you can add rows to your liking and on each one it will vary the value to the desired odds and/or suppress or reactivate functions.
the tables are not complicated only that you have to understand its potential.
with them you can do many things including what you want to do.
in sw however as I repeat often, the guide is quite clear, but being the chapter a little vast, as it also recalls the knowledge of the custom properties, there is need to understand a moment all the mechanism.
If you still place your example, with the data you need, and you have a little patience, you can see to create a false line on which you can continue.
Hi.