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Question asked by Matt Lombard on Oct 13, 2009
Latest reply on Oct 14, 2009 by Adrian Velazquez

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Does anyone use the Modify Configurations dialog? Do you use it instead of design tables or instead of manual configurations? How do you handle the dimensions separately from features?

Also, I think I'm getting some wires crossed here a little bit. There seem to be several obscure pieces of functionality that hover around configurations.

specify configurations dialog
modify configurations dialog for dimensions
modify configurations dialog for features
property tab builder / custom property tab

Is there anyone who uses all of these? Any comments on any of them will be appreciated.

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Adrian Velazquez Oct 13, 2009 8:09 PM
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Matt,

If I'm not mistaken you're taking about the Configure Dimension and Configure Feature Dialogs right?

I use them all the time the only thing mising is a Configure Custom Properties Dialog, then I would fully discard Design Tables

We also have the Properties Tab setup to populate some drawing info.
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- Mauricio Martinez-Saez @ Adrian Velazquez on Oct 13, 2009 10:00 PM
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  Adrian,
  
  Property Tab Builder can be used to configure custom properties, but to have "power" you will need an Excel file or an Access file. However Design Tables are way more powerfull if used to his full extend
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- Matt Lombard @ Adrian Velazquez on Oct 13, 2009 10:27 PM
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  you're taking about the Configure Dimension and Configure Feature Dialogs right?
  Well, the RMB selections you pick to get the dialogs are called Configure dimension and Configure feature, but the dialog itself is called Modify Configurations. But, yeah, it sounds like we are talking about the same thing.
  
  I've kind of avoided the Modify Configurations dialogs because you can only see the item you're working on. With Design Tables you can see everything all at once.
  
  Why do you like the Modify Configs box so much?
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  - Rachayl Duker @ Matt Lombard on Oct 14, 2009 5:42 AM
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    I like the modify configuration boxes too. They are so much faster and easier to access than the design tables. And you *can* ctrl-select multiple features and then configure them simultaneously, which I like much better than a DT where I have to look through an often dizzying array of different features. I also just learned that if your modify configuration window is already open you can double-click on a feature or dimension back in your model or design tree and it will pop into the modify configuration window too! Try it!
    Advantages to DT, which I don't usually need enough to make me use them: 1. like already stated- no convenient tool yet to configure custom properties, and some other configurable properties like relations. 2. ability to control features and dimensions with Excel functions.
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    - Howard Gledhill @ Rachayl Duker on Oct 14, 2009 8:18 AM
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      I've been struggling with the configure feature dialog. Is the secret to have the 'Suppress Features' box unchecked for all configurations in the 'Configuration Properties'?
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  - Josh Brady @ Matt Lombard on Oct 14, 2009 8:42 AM
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    Not sure if you guys have seen this yet in 2010 or not. A lot of capability has been added for this feature - the biggest one (I think) being the capability to save the contents of that dialog as a "table". It shows up in the configuration tree just like a design table, and basically functions just like one. It certainly doesn't have the power and flexibility of an Excel design table, but I can see it being useful for parts/assemblies where you only have a few params to change and not many configurations - sort of an intermediate.
    
    They've also made it a bit easier to add parameters to the table, and they automatically group by feature.
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  - Adrian Velazquez @ Matt Lombard on Oct 14, 2009 10:30 AM
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    I use them when the change between configurations is only two or three Dimensions and/or Features (which is my case most of the time).
    
    What I like about them is that is that it keeps me in the SW environment, and that they're easy and fast to access. IMO the Modify Configurations Dialog is more for the Designer and Design Tables are more for Engineers.
    
    The reason I don't love Design Tables is because you have to go into excel to update and modify your model, I prefer designing within SW.
    
    I've also have some sample "Master Models" where the Property Tab drives the models dimensions, they work quite well by linking Custom properties to Equations.
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