We design parts that are formulated (with equations) toshrink & grow relative to the size of an door opening that fordifferent customer applications, may be any height or width withina given range. We normally have a reference part that representsthe opening size (simple rectangular block with 3 dim's, height,width, and depth) and these parts refer to one or more of thereference parts dimensions through equations, so they will updatein the context of the assembly when the reference part is changed.

I have a situation where I have a simple part (rectangle piece ofgasketing) that I want to use in several assemblies that requiredifferent equations. My problem is how to get a single part to usedifferent equations.

I tried to use configurations to do this, but I need the differentconfigs to be formula driven, not set to a static value. There is a"Config" dialog box within the equation dialog box, but it doesn'tseem to work. If I set a given equation to only be active in oneconfiguration, when I go to the next config, it is still active. Idon't see how to make this operate correctly.

I was wondering if you can use a design table to have multipleequations, driving the same dimension, a different equation foreach config, but I don't know if this is possible, or the correctway to do this.

Anybody out there have any experience doing this, or have anotherway to do this?

Thanks!
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