Chapter 10: Working with Part Configurations
TABLE 10.1
Items That Can Be Driven by a Design Table
Item
Syntax (Goes in
Column Header) Possible Values (Goes in Field Cell)
Default Value If
Field Is Blank
Configs of
Inserted Parts
$configuration@
<part name>
<config name> not evaluated
Configs of Split
Parts
$configuration@
<split feature name>
<config name> not evaluated
Comment
Column
$comment comment text blank
Configuration
Description
$description description text <config name>
BOM Part No. $partnumber $d, $document = document name
$p, $parent = parent config name
$c, $configuration = config name
<text> = custom name
config name
Feature
Suppression State
$state@<feature name> suppressed, s
unsuppressed, u
present suppres-
sion state
Dimension Value dimension@<feature name>
dimension@<sketch name>
allowed numerical values not evaluated
Parent Config
(creates a derived
config)
$parent parent config name text not evaluated
Config Specific
Custom Property
$prp@<property name> property name text not evaluated
Equation State $state@<equation
number>@equations
suppressed, s
unsuppressed, u
unsuppressed
Light Suppression
State
$state@<light name> suppressed, s
unsuppressed, u
unsuppressed
Sketch Relation
Suppression
$state@<relation name>
@<sketch name>
suppressed, s
unsuppressed, u
unsuppressed
User Notes (same
as comment)
$user_notes Text blank
Part or Feature
Color
$color
$color@<feature name>
see SolidWorks Help, Colors,
Parameters in design tables
0, black
Assigned Mass $sw-mass allowed numerical values value from Mass
properties
Assigned Center
of Gravity X, Y, Z
Coordinates
$sw-cog allowed numerical values in the
format of x, y, z
value from Mass
properties
Dimension
Tolerance
$tolerance@
<dimension name>
see SolidWorks Help, Tolerance
Keywords, and Syntax in Design
Tables
none