I really really need some help. I deal with weldments every day that are quite elaberate. Here is how I design.
1. I model my complete weldment in the default configuration
2. I create a new configuration and remove components as required to help the fabricators on the floor fabricate the assembly. Like the bottom skid would be the firrst configuration and work from the ground up.
3. I continue with configurations until I have all areas of the weldment complete.
Problem is when i want to exlude structural members from one cutlist in one configuration it changes throughout all the configurations and this effects all my drawings and is very very frustrating.
Please, what can I do?
Hi Ryan,
In my office, we model each stage of an assembly as a separate part file and then put them together in an assembly. We used to do more with configurations but found that the files became very large and slow. So generally, I would model "stage 1" of the project you describe as one part, and then "stage 2" (with only the parts needed for the stage 2 cutlist) as a separate part. Then I would make an assembly with those two parts. In the drawing, I would have one drawing of only the stage 2 part with its cutlist, and one of the assembly showing how they go together.
If you want to do it your way, I thought of a workaround using the "as welded" configuration. Your "stage two" parent configuration ("As machined") would include both "stage 1" and "stage 2" bodies. Then in its "as welded" configuration, use "delete body" to remove all the parts you don't want in the cutlist. You can insert the "stage 2" parent configuration in a drawing, and the cutlist will be of the "as welded" configuration.