configuration variable
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How to use a config variable to make more config variables?
Im making a 3d printed screw sorter. A screw sits on a disc and is rotated by a spinning head, until the end of the screw tips into the right sized hole and falls into a bin below. I want to be able to configure both the number of bins and the screw length of each hole. So I want the user to be able to first use a config…
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How Do I Restore Default of a Configuration Variable
I am now starting to use configuration variables. The definition aks for a DEFAULT value and a min./max. value. So I suppose a default value should be easily restored in its input field as soon as the variable's value differs from default. But until now I could not find a way to restore a variable's default value. Any…
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How Can I Map a Configuration Variable to a Custom Property
I have parts that have a configuration variable defining their lengths. I need to get their lengths into OpenBOM. I'm pretty sure that I can get the lengths into OpenBOM if I send OpenBOM a custom property containing the length. I just don't know how to link my "Length" custom property to a configuration variable. How…
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Configurations vs Configurable
In production having configurations for various Hardware is awesome. Washers/spacers/pins/shoulder screws/orings/bumpers/cable management/ ... name it. I can assign PNs and Descriptions for discrete items. However, in R&D I often just want to try various sizes of washers/pins/screws/... without having to go in and make a…
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how to draw part of assembly?
hello, I have an assembly, that is configured using configuration variables, this assembly has sub assemblies, which are in turn configured with configuration variables, and parts that are in turn configured.... I now want to create a drawing for production, but I need to draw using the assembly configuration.... I didn't…
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Linking a configurable variable in an assembly
Given that (to my knowledge) there is no way to have a sketch text linked to a configurable variable I went ahead and wrote my own feature script that takes a text field in the from a configurable variable and engraves said text onto the part.This part is then used in an assembly and I want to, in the assembly level, be…