Copy Part and its derived parts into another Folder

[scholse1]

Hello,

i have a part which soley exists to hold parameters.. call it parameter-file. From this part/file i derive every other part i design for a specific assembly and use the paramters of the parameter-file for this part. Most of the derived parts share common parameters so its convenient to only change them in the parameter-file and the whole assembly updates.

No i want to build a new assemblys with the same parts and everything but different parameters. For that i tried create a new folder for each assembly and copying all partfiles and the parameter-file into them. The Problem is that all the copiedparts in the new assembly are still linked to the old assemblys parameter-file. Apparently Folderstructure has no effect on fusions internal filehandling.

1. How can i achive what i want without duplicationg the Project?

2. Is there a better way to keep parameters i one place for a assembly?

[jeff_strater · Accepted solution]

@scholse1 - your method for sharing parameters is the best one that I am aware of.  I use it, as well.  Yes, copying individual designs into new folders or projects will not achieve what you want (that is actually a good thing - you can move designs around in your projects without losing any references).  So, yes, duplicating the project (or downloading an archive and re-uploading it to a new project), then removing what you don't want is the only way to achieve this as of today.

What you really want here is "configurations".  Those are in our plans, but are not there yet, unfortunately.  This will give you the ability to configure different versions of the same design with different parameter values.  Until then, the copy/modify approach is the only way to do that.

[Haad_Ali]

If you want to beak the link of the copied parts from the source file to modify it accordingly to yourself and I don't affect your source file. Then, use the break link command by right-clicking your body or components and use the command break link. I hope this helps if I understand your condition well. If not get you right and the condition is different let me know. Thanks!

[scholse1]

Thanks for the quick answere. Nice to hear that this feature is on the
todo list and that i am not crazy for doing it my way :D.

Ok then i will try duplicating the project.

[scholse1]

Thanks for the quick answere. Nice to hear that this feature is on the
todo list and that i am not crazy for doing it my way :D.

Ok then i will try duplicating the project.

[scholse1]

Thanks for the quick answere. Nice to hear that this feature is on the
todo list and that i am not crazy for doing it my way :D.

Ok then i will try duplicating the project.

[scholse1]

Thank you but i want to keep the link but link it to a different file.