After working with model states and getting confused a few times, I'd like to add a bit of deliberate choice by the designer.
I like how iComponents work. I need to declare that a specific dimension, feature, or iprop is subject to change before Inventor allows different values in different iParts/iAssemblies. I'd like Inventor to have a new UI for model states that works like iComponents. That way I have to make a deliberate decision that a feature, dimension, or iProp is allowed to be different from model state to model state. Once I make that decision, then I can start editing or suppressing to create the different model states.
The current model state UI is easy to misunderstand or ignore because it is trying to be too helpful.
Steve Walton
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