1. I have an expression in my top level assembly called "Tail Pulley Diameter" with a value.
2. I have a part in that assembly with a sketch. I created a global variable in that part called "Tail Pulley Diameter" and for the Value/Equation column, with my assembly open, I selected the "tail pulley diameter" value in my top level assembly.
3. When I open the part, I get an out of context message.
What might I be missing?
Thanks for the reply. I may have to look in that direction if I can't figure out why the message shows up. Oddly enough, it still updates with the change to the variable at the assembly level, but the message still shows up. I am a bit new to equations in solidworks, so I figured I was not doing something correctly. I think the external file may not work well with our workflow, but its hard to say.
Do not open the Part linked to top level independently. Open the Part-in-Assembly.
There is probably a better way, but I would do it this way:
Export your variable from the top level assembly:
Then save it as a text file.
At the part level, import the text file:
Now, you can update the text file if you need to change the dimension and it will drive both of them.