How can i make a design change to all my branches in once?

Tony_Chen

I have a small project which create three branches for same basic model.
Due to some reason the basic model need to change on several locations.
Onshape dosen't allow me to edit on version point unless i restore it. But restore means what i edit become the latest model.

I make a edit in one of branches and then merge to  another branch, all the features including what should keep different are merged.
Is there any efficient way to solve situation like that? make a design change to base version then update to all branches in once?

NeilCooke

Hi @Tony_Chen, think of a branch as a "save as" that is contained within the same Document. Once a version is branched there is no way to update it from another branch unless you merge. 

ilya_baran

I think the most efficient way to do this is to make a new (fourth) branch from a version prior to your three branches diverging, make the change on it, and merge it into all three branches.

3dcad

@NeilCooke @ilya_baran
I suppose this is something that will be handled with configurations in future?

ilya_baran

@3dcad
Depends.  Branching and the configurations work we're doing are for different purposes.  Configurations are going to be primarily for the "I am designing a family of parts" use case (and then, yes, you'll be able to make changes to all configurations at once). Branches are primarily for collaboration and exploring design alternatives.  So they'll both have their place (and, for example, doing branching and merging on a Part Studio with multiple configurations will have its uses also).

3dcad

@ilya_baran
Thanks for the insight, this scenario is exactly what I'm waiting for.

Tony_Chen

Got it, just like what i did to solve for these three branches...  it's a hard work if same situation but too many branches (LOL)

mark_wallström

ilya_baran said:

@3dcad
Depends.  Branching and the configurations work we're doing are for different purposes.  Configurations are going to be primarily for the "I am designing a family of parts" use case (and then, yes, you'll be able to make changes to all configurations at once). Branches are primarily for collaboration and exploring design alternatives.  So they'll both have their place (and, for example, doing branching and merging on a Part Studio with multiple configurations will have its uses also).

Wow! Are you really working on a "family" feature like in PTC Creo? I'd love to see your take on it as the Creo family tables I use daily is not that good. Have you released some information on this?

ilya_baran

Yep, I expect "family" in Creo roughly corresponds to "configurations" in other systems, and we're working hard on similar functionality.  I believe my forum post is as much detail as we have released so far, primarily because we generally don't discuss functionality publicly until it is released.