mcneel/rhinoissues — Issue #49: "Configuration" like in Solidworks
Author: ufubo
Created: 2012-01-10 15:27:35+00:00
State: open

Hi,
Is there a way to achieve the usage like in configuration feature of SolidWorks?
(It is a feature that allows one object in one file to have different features like length, any hole, extrusion, or material etc for different usages)
I use Blocks, Layer State Manager and partially Named Positions. But none can give any result of usage like a "configuration". While Named Positions of a block do not appear in a file, Layer States do not work also. Instead I use 2 methods:
1) I save my 2nd configuration of an object as a different file and each time I insert it and replace with the 1st block configuration.
2) I save all configurations of the object to different layers in one file, and hide unwanted layers after inserting the block.
Those all increase file/folder size. Also inserting same file into another, with different configurations (using shown/hidden layers) messes up because inserted files' layers have the same name with each other and objects go into the first inserted object's layer.
Is there a more practical way for solution yet? Adopting Named Positions or Layer State Manager to work in Blocks should be ok in my opinion.