SolidWorks 2010 Bible

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

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