Can you create a configuration based on the results of two or more other configurations?

Joel_Muller

Say I have two configurations and I choose "A" from the list of one and "B" from the list of the other, can you create a new configuration that, based on these selections, could be used to suppress/unsuppress other parts or features?

NeilCooke

No way I can think of.

chadstoltzfus

There's no way to dynamically change the configuration parameters based on other configuration parameters, but there's a lot of hacks you can do using custom features and some if/else shorthand (condition ? If true : If false). There are some ways to get "suppression" involving multiple configuration inputs. Two options I've used before are:

• Create a custom feature that is a copy of an existing Onshape feature (like Extrude), and create a new feature parameter that will break the feature if given a 0, or let the feature execute if given a 1. From there, you can create a part studio variable that looks at the results of both list parameters and uses the if/else shorthand to set the 0/1 for the custom feature.
• Depending on the features/parts you're trying to suppress, you could just create a variable that looks at the drop downs and sends a value to the Onshape feature that just breaks it depending on the results of the drop downs.