Design Tables Configurations 4 Robust Checking SolidWorks model

In this tutorial Design Tables are used to create multiple configurations of a simple model from a SolidWorks CSMA Exam. The configurations can be easily created and activated to validate the robustness of the model. Though some significant changes would cause many down-stream features to fail, it is important to create a model that is as robust as possible because changes to the design are inevitable and fixing failures in the model are almost always time consuming. One of the goals of a good design engineer using a CAD system should be to create a robust model that when changes are made there are no failures in the model feature tree. Failures to features in the model may take valuable time to correct and slow the design process. If the design engineer understands the form, fit, and function of the design, he or she should be able to implement a strategy when constraining and dimensioning the model to accommodate changes to the model without causing errors to dependent features. Unless we are reverse engineering a proven design, then changes to the model will occur frequently throughout the design process and even into the production and support phases of the life cycle of the product.