Alibre Design

Chapter 10 - Design Configurations‣ To change which configuration is used for a component of a subassemblyIf you need to edit which configuration is active in a nested component that is not animmediate child of the root assembly, you must open the subassembly and change theactive configuration there.You can open the subassembly separately, or you can edit it in the context of the rootassembly. (See "Editing parts and subassemblies in an assembly" for information onhow to edit a component in the context of the root assembly)If a part is edited in the context of an assembly, the part’s active configuration willautomatically be set to match the configuration held by the assembly.10.3.2 Missing Design ConfigurationsWhen using configurations, you must use care when deleting configurations that youhave created, as they may be used by assembly components.When you open an assembly in which one of the components is missing itsconfiguration, you will see a message similar to the following:You can select the OK button in the Message dialog, and the assembly will continue toopen. You will see the following changes take place in the Design Explorer:• The component name appears dimmed, with a question mark over the icon.• The missing configuration name is present in the Configurations tree, with an Xover the icon.• No configuration is marked as active (all configuration icons are in the inactivestate).• No representation of the component with the missing configuration is shown inthe work area.274