Does configured property material has to be recognized in assembly
Hello,
Well, I have a problem/question, and I hope someone can give me an answer. I created a simple flange configuration (in PartStudio) and added two instances, each with a different material (defined in Configured properties): one is Aluminium and the other is Steel. When I change the instance and check Part1 material, the material is different for each selected instance, and this is correct. Then I added two flange instances in assembly, one of Aluminium and other of Steel. When I try to find out material properties, OnShape gives me a warning "One or more parts do not have a material defined".
Evidently, in assembly, configured property material is not recognized. Is this how it's supposed to be in OnShape, or am I missing something? Please help.
Best regards!
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I guess, that in an assembly, you should rather have the configuration swap the parts. You would probably also want to have the part number reflecting the material?
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Thank you for the answer. After additional experimentation I found out that it was my error, I did not understand how configured properties works, I was under assumption that if I set configured property for one instance it will be applied for all variations of the same instance, like Flange A with 4 holes has material ABS then also Flange A with 8 holes will have the same material. But it is not like that I have to create configured property for every and each instance and it's properties combinations. Like Flange A with 4 holes has material ABS, Flange A with 8 holes has to be also added and material has to be assigned, it will not inherit material from Flange A with 4 holes. I don't know if I am making my self clear, bottom line is that OnShape works fine.
Best regards!
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