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Configurations vs Versions

traveler_hauptmantraveler_hauptman Member, OS Professional, Mentor, Developers Posts: 419 PRO
Is the software world, version control is used for both tracking versions (incremental changes) and variants (same guts, different details. ie configurations). I can't find the original thread here but I remember someone mentioning using the version control to track configurations and a response from someone at Onshape that the version control was not intended for configuration management in a way that suggested some existing plans for configuration management in Onshape. 

I'm now creating models in onshape that would benefit from configurations. I'd love to have the thoughts of the Onshape guys on this topic to think on as I'm doing this boring, repetitive work.... 

Comments

  • caradoncaradon OS Professional, Mentor Posts: 300 PRO
    I'm interested as well.
    Especially regarding configs integrating with parametrics/expressions.

    Dries
  • ilya_baranilya_baran Onshape Employees, Developers, HDM Posts: 1,210
    It's not intended as configuration management, but that doesn't mean you can't use it to save some time, while we work on more "real" configurations (still some time away).  I can imagine at least this workflow for now:

    1. Model the base part on the Main branch
    2. Make a branch for every configuration and make configuration-specific changes on that branch.
    3. Every time you want to change all configurations, make a change to the Main branch and merge the change into the configuration branches.

    I'd be curious to know how well this works :smile: 
    Ilya Baran \ VP, Architecture and FeatureScript \ Onshape Inc
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