How to create component variants?

[Anonymous]

I'm trying to create a set of two components that share all of their features before a certain point (kind of like a set of solidworks configurations). Basically, I need to make a top and bottom half of a shell which are identical except that the top half has an embossed pattern and the bottom half has a couple of extra holes. What I was hoping would exist is something like this:

Step 1: Design the component

Step 2: Create two children components

Step 3: Modify the child components (independently, add holes to one, embossing to the other)

Step 4: Be able to modify features of the parent and have them roll down to the children (positions of slots, dimensions, etc.)

I've tried creating a component from part bodies, copying the component and using "Paste New", but changes to the parent don't roll down to the children. If I just use the "Paste" command, then changes to one child affect them all.

Any help is appreciated! Thanks!

[HughesTooling]

Give this a try.

First create a new component, with it activated create your master part. When finished activate the top node in the browser and create another component and copy then paste the body from the master component, the 2 bodies from this point will be independent. If you roll the timeline back to before the copy and modify the master component the copy will be modified as well. I think this is what you're after.

Mark

[Anonymous]

Thanks Mark, this works exactly like I'd hoped!

[jason.pettiaux]

Thanks Mark!

I’m struggling with another type of variants question.

I want to have one parent design and different dimensions.
But I struggle to find a similar feature to the configuration variants in Solidworks

How can one do that in Fusion360 ?

[davebYYPCU]

Try Derive, updates flow in one direction, to children, children are independent of each other.

Might help....

[HughesTooling]

You could sign up to the insider version, I think they have configurations in testing.

Mark

[TheCADWhisperer]

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@davebYYPCU wrote:

Try Derive, updates flow in one direction, to children, children are independent of each other.

Might help....

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Derive would have worked for the original problem statement.

The new problem statement is different (apparently, but no file Attached) and would require Configurations.

[TrippyLighting]

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@TheCADWhisperer wrote:

...Derive would have worked for the original problem statement...

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Only if you use linked (external) components, the workflow @HughesTooling describes works nicely for internal components.

The "Configurations" feature set will allow dimensional variants very easily and intuitively and is part of the current insider program. I have heard that it will soon be released. We're talking about software, however, and soon is a very stretchable term 😉

The intention is there, but s**t happens 😉

[Christoph_360]

Hello

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@jason.pettiauxwrote:

I want to have one parent design and different dimensions.
But I struggle to find a similar feature to the configuration variants in Solidworks

How can one do that in Fusion360 ?

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A possibility, as long as Fusion 360 does not offer "Design Configurations".

Mfg

Christoph

[HughesTooling]

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@HughesTooling wrote:

Give this a try.

First create a new component, with it activated create your master part. When finished activate the top node in the browser and create another component and copy then paste the body from the master component, the 2 bodies from this point will be independent. If you roll the timeline back to before the copy and modify the master component the copy will be modified as well. I think this is what you're after.

Mark

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This is an old post and something i've learned the hard way is don't use Copy/Paste to create the copy of the body, use Boundary fill. Copy/Paste can break and there's no way to fix when this happens because there's no way to reselect a lost reference when copy breaks. With boundary fill you can reselect or even change the reference body. Also boundary fill has the option to create a new component.

Mark