We are moving to Solidworks and I am trying to understand how
design tables function. We use many different cartridge heaters in
our applications. Same type of cartridge heater but with different
diameters, different lengths, non-stick coating, some with
overbraid, some without, etc.... How is the best way to handle
parts like this? We have part numbers for each scenario. It would
be nice to have one model with a design table containing all
configurations. We may have as many as 2 to 3 hundred different
configurations, so if I list them by part number then I will have
to scroll down through the table until I find the right discription
to locate a particle part number. Is there a way to catagorize
these to make them easier to find? In Pro-e when you find the right
description in the table you can right click on it and tell it to
open that particular configuration. I dont think solidworks does
this. Does it?
Thanks,
Todd
Thanks,
Todd
I posted before a simple assembly of a Pallet showing how to do this, it is a very simple assembly but it will give you the idea of how to do the model, open the attached assembly and open for edit the DT that will show you the "selector", change values and close the DT and you will see the assembly rebuilt to a new configuration (however if you will see that the assembly have a single configuration. The "selector" is inside the DT the design table range and the auxiliary data tables are hiden but you can change them to "visible" and see how it is built.
As you can see it is done with Excel... this have noting to do with SolidWorks is pure Excel functionality.