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Assemble configurations - modular PSU help.

P2i_EngineerP2i_Engineer Member Posts: 1
Hello,

I am trying to make a user library, for this I am making a configurable assembly for a standard modular PSU.

The PSU will have options for upto 10 slots, the first is always a PSU, the others are a Expansion Unit [3 typres], Buffer Unit [4 types] or a UPS interface [1].

My first approach [Option 1] tries to get the person to select a type and count, I have done the first slot but it seems messy to expand to the full range.

My second attempt [option 2] inserts another configured assembly for each of the slot and lets the user select the unit type, this is nicer but again is a lot of repition in the configuration for each slots configuration.

Does anyone have a suggestion of a better method of doing the configuration that will reduce the repition?

Also is it possible to create a depend selection [i.e. select slot 2 to be a Expansion module and then only the expansion module will be available to select].

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  • mahirmahir Member, Developers Posts: 1,291 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited February 2019
    As far as I know, you can't configure which configuration options are presented based on another configuration input. With 10 slots I can't think of a way that won't get messy, but here's what I would do.

    • In your assembly, have 1 configurable PSU, 9 configurable Buffer/Expansion units. The 9 units need to be either Buffer or Expansion, so you'll have to create a container assembly that has all 7 options (4+3) as a configuration.
    • 1 configuration option (dropdown or integer input) that allows you to select the number of slots. This option will control the suppression state of the each slot.
    • 9 slot configuration dropdowns with 7 options each. This will select how the slot is populated. However, depending on how many slots you have selected in the first option, a number of these dropdowns will have no real effect.
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