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How to add global variables to a configuration

john_robinson568john_robinson568 Member Posts: 12
Hi All,

I have a project that contains multiple part studios and assemblies. It also has a variable studio that contains all global variables. I am trying to create a (list) configuration that will set the value of some of those global variables. I've created configurations before, and setting the value of a local (ie in the feature list) variable is easy, but I can't figure out how to set values of global variables. I've tried creating the configuration from a part studio and from an assembly, and I can get it to work either way. Any help much appreciated :)

Cheers, John

Comments

  • john_robinson568john_robinson568 Member Posts: 12
    Does anyone have any suggestions on how to do this please?
  • NeilCookeNeilCooke Moderator, Onshape Employees Posts: 5,310
    Global variables are top down only and can’t be configured. You could swap the global variable that you use at a part/assembly level by using an array like so: [#var1, #var2, #var3][2] where the “2” is the selected value and the result would be #var3
    Senior Director, Technical Services, EMEAI
  • eric_pestyeric_pesty Member Posts: 1,461 PRO
    @NeilCooke
    The downside with this approach is that you would have to manually propagate the configuration through every assembly/part where it's used, which defeats the purpose of it being "global".
    I understand there are probably some "interesting" ramifications but the ability to configure a variable studio to affect every downstream part/assembly would be really helpful for configurable models!
  • john_robinson568john_robinson568 Member Posts: 12
    Thanks Neil and Eric for the replies, I appreciate your help :)
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