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Working with configurations

Working with configurations - SOLIDWORKS Tutorial

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Working with configurations

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- [Instructor] Configurations allow us to have multiple versions of the same part. They can actually be bigger or smaller, we can control if cuts or features are turned on or off, and we can do a whole lot of things inside of the ConfigurationManager. So, in this part right here, you can see I've got several different features. I've got the main rectangular or square extrude, and then I've got series of cuts. So I have this triangular cut from the side, I have a square cut from the other side, and then I have a circular cut going through the top. Now, what if I wanted to make different configurations, the one had only the circular cut, one only had the triangular cut, and maybe one only the square cut. And maybe I want it to be a little bit different size. Well we can do that under the ConfigurationManager. So over here, under the FeatureManager, if you go two tabs over, is the ConfigurationManager. Click on that one…

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