Configurations & design tables
One part, many variants — configurations override dimensions per variant, and a design table edits them all as a grid.
A configuration is a named variant of a part — same feature history, different numbers. Model the bracket once; ship it in S / M / L.
Configurations
- Open the configurations list (or ask the AI: "create config Large").
- Each configuration can override dimension values — extrude depths, sketch dimensions, pattern counts. Anything not overridden inherits the default.
- Activate a configuration to see and edit it; the tree rebuilds with its values.
In an assembly, every component instance picks which configuration it uses — mixed sizes in one assembly are normal.
The design table
The Design Table panel (in Equations) shows configurations × parameters as a grid:
- Each row is a configuration, each column a parameter.
- Edit any cell — the change applies to that configuration only, and the geometry follows.
- Click a row's name to activate that configuration.
CSV round-trip
- Export CSV — the grid as a spreadsheet file; edit sizes in Excel/Numbers, share it, or generate rows programmatically.
- Import CSV — new rows become configurations, new columns become parameters; existing cells update. The table is the contract: what you see is exactly what imports.
When it fails
- A cell edit errors the rebuild — that value breaks the geometry in that configuration only (e.g. a fillet radius too large at the small size); the other configurations are untouched. Fix the value, or override fewer dimensions (Fix a rebuild error).
Related: Patterns & Mirror · Assemblies & mates