Creating Configurations Table

Configurations Table allows you to design a part with different variations, sizes, materials and other attributes. Now, you will create different variations of the bolt created in the previous section.

1. Click the Configurations tab on the left-side of the window. Notice that there is only one configuration available in the tree.

1. Click the FeatureManager Design Tree tab.
2. In the FeatureManager Design Tree, expand Boss-Extrude1 and click the right mouse button on Sketch1.
3. Select Configure Feature from the shortcut menu.

1. On the Modify Configurations dialog, click the down-arrow next to Sketch1 and check D1. Click on the dialog to display the Diameter dimension.

1. On the Modify Configurations dialog, click the right mouse button on Sketch1 and select Rename.
2. Type-in Bolt Diameter and right-click on the Modify Configurations dialog.
3. On the Modify Configurations dialog, click in the < Creates a new configuration. > cell and type-in Small Diameter. Click on the table to create a new configuration.

1. Type 12 in the D1 cell of Small Diameter configuration.

1. In the FeatureManager Design Tree, double-click on Thread1, Boss-Extrude2, and Sketch2 to add them to the table.
2. On the Modify Configurations dialog, click the right mouse button on Boss-Extrude2 column and select Delete. The column is removed from the table.
3. Add the dimensions of Thread1 and Sketch2 by clicking the down-arrows next to columns and checking the dimensions.
4. Modify the D6 value of Thread1 for Small Diameter configuration to 12.
5. Modify the D1 value of the Sketch2 for Small Diameter configuration to 20.

1. On the Modify Configurations dialog, type-in Custom Table in the box located at the bottom, and then click the Save table view button next to it.

1. Click OK to close the dialog.
2. Click the Configurations tab on the left-side pane and notice two configurations along with a configurations table.

1. Click the right mouse button on the Small Diameter configuration and select Show Configuration.

1. To edit the configuration table, click the right mouse button on Custom Table and select Show Table. The Modify Configurations dialog appears. Change the values or create new configurations, and then click the Save the table view icon.
2. Save as Configurations Table.sldprt and close the file.