How to add global variables to a configuration

john_robinson568

Hi All,

I have a project that contains multiple part studios and assemblies. It also has a variable studio that contains all global variables. I am trying to create a (list) configuration that will set the value of some of those global variables. I've created configurations before, and setting the value of a local (ie in the feature list) variable is easy, but I can't figure out how to set values of global variables. I've tried creating the configuration from a part studio and from an assembly, and I can get it to work either way. Any help much appreciated

Cheers, John

john_robinson568

Does anyone have any suggestions on how to do this please?

NeilCooke

Global variables are top down only and can’t be configured. You could swap the global variable that you use at a part/assembly level by using an array like so: [#var1, #var2, #var3][2] where the “2” is the selected value and the result would be #var3

eric_pesty

@NeilCooke
The downside with this approach is that you would have to manually propagate the configuration through every assembly/part where it's used, which defeats the purpose of it being "global".
I understand there are probably some "interesting" ramifications but the ability to configure a variable studio to affect every downstream part/assembly would be really helpful for configurable models!

john_robinson568

Thanks Neil and Eric for the replies, I appreciate your help