MOLD DESIGN Lesson 8

Good afternoon all:

Discovered this weirdness while going through Lesson 8 (pg 294) with the waterline example using multiple configurations.  This is beyond just this lesson but important if you use colors.  Here is my original workflow:

1. Create 1st config (RC>properties; change name, "suppress features" turned on, leaving other options stock)

2. Create 8mm hole.

3. Add a color to 8mm hole feature (for the purpose of identifying what is a sldlfp created feature)

4. Create new config 

5. Add O-ring HW feature.

6. Go back to 8mm hole to create the third plug feature.

This is where is breaks down.  Because I'm adding color to the feature, it ignores the suppress features checkbox.  I ran through this multiple times and same behavior, every time.  It leaves all the features turned on.  If, however, I ignore adding colors, it works as intended.  I didn't see an issue like this in the VRC, (may have missed it) but am turning this over to our tech support as it has implications farther than our training manual.

Let me know if you have any thoughts on something I am missing.

Thanks,

Rod Harper

Solidworks