Configurations Assigned as Physical Products or Representations

When you update a model that has several configurations with the same part number, SOLIDWORKS updates only one of the configurations to a physical product. The other configurations become representations.

SOLIDWORKS determines which configuration is the physical product based on the configuration name and the option selected for Part number displayed when used in a bill of materials in the Configuration Properties PropertyManager.
  • SOLIDWORKS selects the configuration to use for the physical product using the following criteria:
    • When a Default configuration exists, the Default configuration becomes the physical product.
    • When a configuration uses Configuration Name for the part number, the configuration becomes the physical product.
    • When configurations have the same part number, SOLIDWORKS selects a configuration based on the Part number displayed when used in a bill of materials option in the Configuration Properties PropertyManager. The order of selection is:
      1. Configuration Name
      2. User Specified Name
      3. Document Name
    • If a configuration does not match the above criteria, the first configuration created in the ConfigurationManager tab becomes the physical product.