Instances of Components with different parameters

[jaco.waes]

With a SW background i am trying to see how this is done in F360.

I have created a component 'LEDStrip' that has a PixelCount User Parameter.

Now i want to be using multiple instances of this LEDStrip component in my project, but each instance with a differnet length, so the 'PixelCount' Parameter in one instance can be 7, while in the other it can be 3.

I want to keep the link between the Components, so that when i later decide to further details the component or make tweaks, that all instances will automagically updated but keep their 'PixelCount'

Attached the f360 file of the component.

Any quick hint on how to accomplish this ?

[jeff_strater · Accepted solution]

you are looking for "configurations".  That project is in active development, but is not yet in the production version.  You can get early access to it from the Fusion 360 Insider program.

Until that is available, the easiest method is to duplicate the design.  There are more complex methods, involving Derive, but those have limited capability.

[nadovich]

Seems like an obvious design requirement -- more than a "feature" -- for anything calling itself a parameter -- the ability to be used in the most basic sense -- as parameters to an object factory/template/macro to stamp out different versions of the same part with only one basic design (ie subroutine/object). I mean, honestly, the workaround is "saving the design" with different parameters? Really? This destroys the whole advantage of parameters -- that you have just one parameterized design you can instantiate with varying parameters. So yeah, ++1 please remove this mis-feature from parameters. 

[pavmed]

Hi Jeff,

Right now faced same issue and solved that by placing a driving sketch with all needed parameters inside the component in order for it to be duplicated whenever I paste-new the component.

That's a bit workaround but works for me. 

Just wondering if it's possible to make user parameters optionally not design-wide but placed into component. 

Actually it's just the same as I do now - by creating sketch to hold parameters. But more straightforward and would allow for no units parameters. (now I have to divide my "_shelfRafixHoleNum" dimension by 1 mm in order to use it pattern :))

[pavmed]

BTW thanks for Configurations! It's great feature for similar cases, but not this one