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Inserting global variables into design table

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SilasH

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Dec 19, 2006
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If I have a variable designed to be configuration specific, in this case the pitch of a roof, but no physical dimension representing that, can I enter it in a design table? I could determine the angle and enter that for each new configuration, but I'd rather be able to simply enter the pitch, 2/12, 4/12, etc. The design table won't accept "Pitch" or Pitch or "Pitch@Equations."
 
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Solution for the curious novices like me: you can insert values off to the right of the design table, and Solidworks won't look at them as parameters. So, I put my pitch in one of those columns, and used it in an equation in the design table to drive a dimension.
 
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