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Working with configurations

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Working with configurations

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- [Instructor] Configurations allow us to have multiple versions of the same part. They can actually be bigger or smaller. We can control if cuts or features are turned on or off and we can do a whole lot of things inside of the Configuration Manager. So in this part right here, you can see I've got several different features. I've got the main rectangular or square extrude and then I've got series of cuts, so I have this triangular cut from the side, I have a square cut from the other side and then I have a circular cut going through the top. Now what if I want to make different configurations? One had only the circular cut. One only had the triangular cut and maybe one only had the square cut and maybe I want it to be a little bit different size. Well, we can do that under the Configuration Manager. So over here under the Feature Manager, if you go two tabs over, is the Configuration Manager. Click on that one there.…

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