Mechanically welded chassis configuration

3D Design Volume Model
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Hello 

I'm looking to set up a mechanically welded chassis, in two parts. A lower part and an upper part, the upper part being fixed on the lower part. This frame allows the creation of a wall of images, screens are fixed on the upper part.
Its composition and the position of the tubes are always the same, only the sizes vary.

I'd like to create a simple excel for people who don't know and don't use SW, where they could just choose the height, depth, width and number of chassis. Thus, by entering these values in the excel and pressing a button (a macro) they could retrieve the drawings in SW to carry out the production of the mechanically welded tubes.

I found a topic where a person made an excel file related to SW for the creation of a staircase. He just entered the length and width of his staircase and at the touch of a button the staircase was modeled on SW. The width, the number of steps and the number of rungs varied simply by entering these two pieces of information! 
I tried to adapt his solution with mine but I can't do it... So I come to you;)

Thank you in advance for your answers.

ps1: an image illustrating an example of a chassis (the chassis in the picture is made with ELCOM profiles but don't take it into account)

PS2: I'm attaching a second example 


csu_ste.zip
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Hello

I found these questions and answers on the CITE. Maybe it can help you:

http://www.lynkoa.com/forum/3d/parametrer-un-assemblage-partir-d-un-excel

http://www.lynkoa.com/forum/3d/piloter-les-cotes-d-une-piece-dans-un-tableau-d-assemblage

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Hello

DriveWorksXpress is a free add-on to SolidWorks that will be very suitable for this problem.

Here's a tutorial:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxeWM7pnJSg

There is quite a bit of documentation (especially in English), but if there are specific questions about a function, people will be able to answer them here (a person working for them comes here from time to time).

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DriveWorks is well signposted.

Alternatively, create the welded construct with equations, configs, or part families and then use Configuration Publisher for simple parameter windowing.

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I'm looking at this,

Thank you very much!