SolidWorks 2010 Bible

Part II: Building Intelligence into Your Parts

Figure 10.28 shows the Configuration Publisher interface. It is like the Property Tab Builder in that

you use it to place interface controls on a PropertyManager that will pop up when the part is

placed into an assembly.

FIGURE 10.28

The Configuration Publisher helps you build an interface to create configurations as you place a part into
an assembly

Aside from users putting parts into assemblies, the interface you create using the Configuration

Publisher can also be used in 3D Content Central to specify a new component size. If you are a

supplier and make parts in a wide variety of sizes, instead of creating all the sizes and uploading to

3D Content Central, you can just create the rules in the Configuration Publisher interface and

allow the configurations to be created automatically according to the rules.

When the interface has been created, a PropertyManager entry shows up under the name of the

part in the ConfigurationManager, as shown in Figure 10.29.

FIGURE 10.29

The PropertyManager entry in the ConfigurationManager