Alibre Design

Chapter 9 - Working with Parts7. Select the Maintain association to source entity option if you want the newsketch or reference figure to reflect any changes made to the originating profile.8. Click OK to create the new sketch or reference figure.If you selected the Maintain association to source entity option, project-to-sketchconstraint symbols are displayed on the new figures to indicate that they areconstrained to the originating profile.You will not be able to place dimensions on figures that were created with the Project toSketch Maintain association to source entity option. You can, however, delete theconstraints and subsequently add driving dimensions to the figure.9.10 Spreadsheet Driven DesignsYou can create variations of a design by using a spreadsheet of parameters.Additionally, a single spreadsheet of parameters can be shared by multiple designs.The spreadsheet must be created in Microsoft Excel; both Excel 2000 and Excel XP aresupported.Before you can drive a design with a spreadsheet of parameters, you must first set upExcel by installing the Alibre Design Add-In in Microsoft Excel. Next, you may eithercreate a design with a desired set of dimensions, or create a spreadsheet first with aset of varying parameters for those dimensions. Then you are ready to drive thedesign with the spreadsheet.237