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Chapter 10 - <strong>Design</strong> ConfigurationsFollow steps 1 and 2 above, and check the box next to the option Active, then SelectOK.10.1.3 Regeneration of <strong>Design</strong> ConfigurationsWhen <strong>Alibre</strong> <strong>Design</strong> models are regenerated, each feature in the <strong>Design</strong> Explorer iscalculated in the order it appears. All features that appear above the blue "dog bone"are features that have been regenerated. Features below the blue "dog bone" as wellas suppressed features are not generated.When modeling with multiple configurations it is important to realize that as featuresare created in the active configuration, the features for inactive configurations arerecorded but not executed. This means that inactive configurations are not updatedwhile you are editing the active configuration.Using the "Update Activated Configuration" option, you can choose if you want <strong>Alibre</strong><strong>Design</strong> to automatically compute all newly added features when you switch aconfiguration from inactive to active.‣ To set the Update Activated Configuration option:In a Part Workspace, from the Features menu, choose Update Activated Configuration.When this option is checked, it is on. (This is the default setting) When it isunchecked, it is off.If Update Activated Configuration is checked: When you activate a configuration,it will automatically be computed up to the dog bone position in the configurationyou just edited.260

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