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Can you configure a variable studio to be visible or not visible in a part studio?
jwhiteGUS
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I am working with parts that have various parametric variables, and a certain type of the product is determined by those variables. In the master part studio, I have several sketches that define the product, and types have about 10 variables that determine the shaping. My goal is to have set configurations that are of a type and a designer can come in and create a new configuration and set new variables based on the requirements for the product.
With variable studios I can create the parameter variables in a new studio for each type (and have the parameters have different values but the same names), and then make the active one the lowest in the order and it will be the values used in the part studio per the way onshape overrides. Is there a way to create a configuration that would rearrange the variable studios so I can make specific variable studios lowest (i.e. the active one used in the part studio)?
Another method I experimented with was to create part studio variables, have the 10 parameters defined with a certain name in a folder. Creates new variables of the same name in a different folder, and use a suppression configuration to suppress all the folders but the one I want active. While this works, it is tedious and hard to manage, particularly if I need to add or change a core parameter variable (like add one and go from 10 to 11 etc), and it is hard to manage.
How are other people handling a large number of variables that define a type, particularly if you have old configurations and make new ones etc. My main goal is to be able to have a master parameter set that I can work which will inform all the other parameter sets (like if I have to add some or remove some as the model grows).
Is this a featurescript thing? I am fairly new and I have not been able to get that to work, I tried coding a variable table import and/or a part studio variables import method but I kept failing.