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Create a Configured Design, add configurations, configure aspects of a design, and how version history works for configurations in Fusion.
Type:
Tutorial
Length:
7 min.
Transcript
00:04
A configure design contains two or more configurations
00:07
that you define in a configuration table.
00:11
A configuration is a single variant of a design.
00:15
Each row defines a single configuration
00:18
and each column represents a configured aspect across the set of configurations.
00:26
Let's create a configured design from scratch
00:30
on the toolbar.
00:31
Navigate to the configure panel and click display
00:33
configuration table to display the configuration table dialogue.
00:40
The top table is where you create edit and manage configurations
00:45
to add configurations of your design.
00:47
Enter the number of configurations you want to create,
00:50
then click add configurations.
00:53
You may want to give each configuration a memorable name, right,
00:57
click a configuration name and select rename,
01:01
enter a unique name to make it easy to differentiate from other configurations.
01:07
Now close the configuration table and start to model your design.
01:13
Create a few user parameters, components
01:17
bodies and features to work with.
01:21
Once youve created some model geometry,
01:23
you can add aspects to the configuration table
01:28
on the toolbar, navigate the configure panel and click configure
01:32
this activates configuration mode and displays the configuration table.
01:37
You'll notice that when configuration mode is active,
01:39
configurable objects in the browser and configurable
01:42
features in the timeline are highlighted,
01:48
click an object or feature to display a list of configurable aspects.
01:52
The list varies depending on the object or feature type.
01:56
Check an aspect to add it to the table as a column
02:05
to exit configuration mode. Click the check mark at the top of the canvas.
02:12
You can also configure objects and features outside of configuration mode
02:17
in the timeline or browser. Right, click an object or feature and select configure
02:23
this activates configuration mode displays the configuration table and
02:27
opens the configure dialogue for that object or feature
02:31
check aspects to add them to the configuration table.
02:36
You can also add user parameters
02:39
in the configuration table.
02:40
Click add parameters to display the parameters, dialog in configuration mode
02:47
in the parameter zalog, locate a user parameter and in the configured column,
02:51
check the box to add it to the table.
02:60
Once you've added a few aspects to the configuration table,
03:03
edit the values or toggle the states in each column for each configuration.
03:09
If you edit a value or state for the active configuration,
03:13
and the configured aspect is actively in use,
03:16
the design will update automatically in the canvas.
03:20
For example, if you edit the radius value for this filet feature,
03:23
the design pieces in the canvas,
03:27
you can also edit the states for features and objects.
03:31
For example, you can change the suppression state for these extrude features.
03:38
If you edit the value or state of a configured aspect for a non active configuration,
03:43
the change will take effect when you activate it.
03:48
There are a few ways to activate different configurations
03:52
in the configuration table. Double click a configuration name to activate it
03:59
to activate different configurations in the browser,
04:02
click to expand the list and then select a configuration to activate,
04:07
activate different configurations. Often to resolve design details.
04:11
As you edit your design,
04:14
as you configure your design, you can organize configured aspects in theme tables.
04:20
A theme table is a child table where you can manage and organize columns.
04:25
This lets you create consistent variations across configurations.
04:30
When you configure an appearance, physical material,
04:33
sheet metal roll or plastic roll.
04:35
A theme table is automatically created.
04:38
You can also create custom theme tables
04:43
in the theme table. A theme is represented as a row
04:47
to customize each theme, edit the value or state in each column for each row
04:56
in the top table. Each theme table is represented as a column
05:00
for each configuration. Click to expand the list and then select a theme
05:08
to create a custom theme table, select columns in the top table, right,
05:12
click and select move to new theme table.
05:17
This is a flexible way to group similar
05:19
configured aspects and simplify the top table.
05:24
Once you've created configurations and themes continue
05:27
to edit values in the configuration table,
05:29
configured aspects and modify your design.
05:33
When you edit aspects of your design,
05:36
the outcome is different if it's configured or not
05:39
when you edit a configured aspect, it affects a specific configuration.
05:44
This lets you modify each configuration and define the differences between them.
05:50
When you edit a non configured aspect, the change affects all configurations.
05:55
This lets you edit or modify all configurations. At the same time,
06:01
the differences between configurations are defined in the configuration table.
06:06
Its important to consider the potential effects
06:08
a change can have in a configured design
06:13
as you continue to modify your design, save your design to create versions.
06:19
When you save a configure design, only configurations with edits are versioned.
06:24
For example, the first time this configured design was saved.
06:27
There were three configurations,
06:30
all three configurations are now at version one,
06:33
if you edit configuration one and configuration two and then save
06:38
those are saved as version two,
06:41
configuration three was not modified. So it remains at version one.
06:45
Now, let's say you create a new configuration called configuration four
06:50
and then save the design.
06:52
Configuration four is now saved as version one.
06:56
When you create a configure design,
06:58
its best to plan your design
06:59
strategy around features that configurations will share
07:04
configure as you create your design,
07:08
activate different configurations often to validate
07:10
how changes affect each configuration.
07:14
Use theme tables to group similar configured aspects and simplify the top table,
07:19
create configurations of smaller assemblies and then
07:22
insert them into a larger assembly.
Video transcript
00:04
A configure design contains two or more configurations
00:07
that you define in a configuration table.
00:11
A configuration is a single variant of a design.
00:15
Each row defines a single configuration
00:18
and each column represents a configured aspect across the set of configurations.
00:26
Let's create a configured design from scratch
00:30
on the toolbar.
00:31
Navigate to the configure panel and click display
00:33
configuration table to display the configuration table dialogue.
00:40
The top table is where you create edit and manage configurations
00:45
to add configurations of your design.
00:47
Enter the number of configurations you want to create,
00:50
then click add configurations.
00:53
You may want to give each configuration a memorable name, right,
00:57
click a configuration name and select rename,
01:01
enter a unique name to make it easy to differentiate from other configurations.
01:07
Now close the configuration table and start to model your design.
01:13
Create a few user parameters, components
01:17
bodies and features to work with.
01:21
Once youve created some model geometry,
01:23
you can add aspects to the configuration table
01:28
on the toolbar, navigate the configure panel and click configure
01:32
this activates configuration mode and displays the configuration table.
01:37
You'll notice that when configuration mode is active,
01:39
configurable objects in the browser and configurable
01:42
features in the timeline are highlighted,
01:48
click an object or feature to display a list of configurable aspects.
01:52
The list varies depending on the object or feature type.
01:56
Check an aspect to add it to the table as a column
02:05
to exit configuration mode. Click the check mark at the top of the canvas.
02:12
You can also configure objects and features outside of configuration mode
02:17
in the timeline or browser. Right, click an object or feature and select configure
02:23
this activates configuration mode displays the configuration table and
02:27
opens the configure dialogue for that object or feature
02:31
check aspects to add them to the configuration table.
02:36
You can also add user parameters
02:39
in the configuration table.
02:40
Click add parameters to display the parameters, dialog in configuration mode
02:47
in the parameter zalog, locate a user parameter and in the configured column,
02:51
check the box to add it to the table.
02:60
Once you've added a few aspects to the configuration table,
03:03
edit the values or toggle the states in each column for each configuration.
03:09
If you edit a value or state for the active configuration,
03:13
and the configured aspect is actively in use,
03:16
the design will update automatically in the canvas.
03:20
For example, if you edit the radius value for this filet feature,
03:23
the design pieces in the canvas,
03:27
you can also edit the states for features and objects.
03:31
For example, you can change the suppression state for these extrude features.
03:38
If you edit the value or state of a configured aspect for a non active configuration,
03:43
the change will take effect when you activate it.
03:48
There are a few ways to activate different configurations
03:52
in the configuration table. Double click a configuration name to activate it
03:59
to activate different configurations in the browser,
04:02
click to expand the list and then select a configuration to activate,
04:07
activate different configurations. Often to resolve design details.
04:11
As you edit your design,
04:14
as you configure your design, you can organize configured aspects in theme tables.
04:20
A theme table is a child table where you can manage and organize columns.
04:25
This lets you create consistent variations across configurations.
04:30
When you configure an appearance, physical material,
04:33
sheet metal roll or plastic roll.
04:35
A theme table is automatically created.
04:38
You can also create custom theme tables
04:43
in the theme table. A theme is represented as a row
04:47
to customize each theme, edit the value or state in each column for each row
04:56
in the top table. Each theme table is represented as a column
05:00
for each configuration. Click to expand the list and then select a theme
05:08
to create a custom theme table, select columns in the top table, right,
05:12
click and select move to new theme table.
05:17
This is a flexible way to group similar
05:19
configured aspects and simplify the top table.
05:24
Once you've created configurations and themes continue
05:27
to edit values in the configuration table,
05:29
configured aspects and modify your design.
05:33
When you edit aspects of your design,
05:36
the outcome is different if it's configured or not
05:39
when you edit a configured aspect, it affects a specific configuration.
05:44
This lets you modify each configuration and define the differences between them.
05:50
When you edit a non configured aspect, the change affects all configurations.
05:55
This lets you edit or modify all configurations. At the same time,
06:01
the differences between configurations are defined in the configuration table.
06:06
Its important to consider the potential effects
06:08
a change can have in a configured design
06:13
as you continue to modify your design, save your design to create versions.
06:19
When you save a configure design, only configurations with edits are versioned.
06:24
For example, the first time this configured design was saved.
06:27
There were three configurations,
06:30
all three configurations are now at version one,
06:33
if you edit configuration one and configuration two and then save
06:38
those are saved as version two,
06:41
configuration three was not modified. So it remains at version one.
06:45
Now, let's say you create a new configuration called configuration four
06:50
and then save the design.
06:52
Configuration four is now saved as version one.
06:56
When you create a configure design,
06:58
its best to plan your design
06:59
strategy around features that configurations will share
07:04
configure as you create your design,
07:08
activate different configurations often to validate
07:10
how changes affect each configuration.
07:14
Use theme tables to group similar configured aspects and simplify the top table,
07:19
create configurations of smaller assemblies and then
07:22
insert them into a larger assembly.
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