Configured Design -> The first Configuration cannot be deleted

[Christoph_360]

Hello

Thanks

Christoph

[jhackney1972 · Accepted solution]

Once you create or change a model to a Configuration, it cannot be returned to a "normal" model, if that is a way of referring to it.  To do this, create and save a new model.  Insert the desired configuration, you want to start with, into it and then choose Break the Link in the Browser.  This will give you a working model of the configuration you chose without a configuration table.

[KristianLaholm · Accepted solution]

That is intentional:

"Default Configuration: The first row represents the Default Configuration. It cannot be deleted."

https://help.autodesk.com/view/fusion360/ENU/?guid=CFG-CONFIGURATIONS 

[karina.harper · Accepted solution]

@jhackney1972 and @KristianLaholm are both correct. 

You can also use "save configuration as" from the browser tree to save the configuration as a new, standard design. 

Cheers,

Karina

[Christoph_360]

Hello

Thank you for your reply.

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@karina.harperwrote:

You can also use "save configuration as" from the browser tree to save the configuration as a new, standard design. 

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The perfect solution to the question of how can I convert a Configured Design back into a Normal Design, a question I actually wanted to ask in the forum for a long time.

Thanks

Christoph

[Christoph_360]

Hello

Thank you for your reply.

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@KristianLaholmwrote:

That is intentional:

"Default Configuration: The first row represents the Default Configuration. It cannot be deleted."

https://help.autodesk.com/view/fusion360/ENU/?guid=CFG-CONFIGURATIONS 

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The correct explanation for the question asked in the title Configured Design -> The first Configuration cannot be deleted.

Thank you very much for this insight, now it is also clear to me why the first row cannot be sorted when sorting the rows alphabetically.

Thanks

Christoph

[karina.harper]

Exactly @Christoph_360 -

The first Configuration aka the Default Configuration gets some special handling. It effectively *IS* the original design that you converted to a CD.

So:

1. Standard Design A gets v1, v2, v3
2. "Configure" is used in SD A
3. Two other Configurations are added
4. Design A is Saved
5. SD A becomes the first configuration in CD
6. CD is at v1
7. SD A (Configuration 1) is at v4 (this can be seen if you insert the configuration into another design, for example)
8. Configuration 2 and Configuration 3 are at v1.

Hope that makes sense.

So if you were to delete all configurations aside from Config 1, you would essentially have "SD A" back, though it would still be tagged as a Configured Design and would be subject to those limitations. We currently don't have the infrastructure to "convert" back aside from Save Configuration As or @jhackney1972's workaround.

Cheers,

Karina

[Christoph_360]

Hello

Thank you for your reply.

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@jhackney1972  wrote:

Once you create or change a model to a Configuration, it cannot be returned to a "normal" model, if that is a way of referring to it.  To do this, create and save a new model.  Insert the desired configuration, you want to start with, into it and then choose Break the Link in the Browser.  This will give you a working model of the configuration you chose without a configuration table.

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A very good solution to the question of how can I convert a Configured Design back into a Normal Design, a question I actually wanted to ask in the forum for a long time.

Thanks

Christoph