12/11/2019 2018 SolidWorks - Displaying Components in the FeatureManager Design Tree

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Displaying Components in the FeatureManager Design

Tree
Sometimes you want to focus on the structure or hierarchy of the design rather than the
details of the sketches and features. In addition, you might want to focus on the design of
the assembly without viewing all of the features of the components.
Each of these ways of viewing the assembly affects only the level of detail displayed in the
FeatureManager design tree, not the assembly itself.

Displaying the Assembly Hierarchy

To display the assembly hierarchy:

Right-click the assembly name in the FeatureManager design tree, and select Show
Hierarchy Only.
The FeatureManager design tree displays only the components (both parts and
subassemblies), but no lower level detail.

To display the detail again, repeat the procedure, selecting Show Feature Detail.

Viewing an Assembly by Dependencies

To view an assembly by dependencies:

To display the dependencies, right-click the assembly name in the FeatureManager

design tree and select Tree Display > View Mates and Dependencies , or click
View > User Interface > FeatureManager Tree > By Dependencies .
Dependent items (instead of features) are listed under each component. Dependent
items include mates and component patterns. To view a component's features and
planes, expand the Features folder under the component.

To display the features again, right-click the assembly name in the FeatureManager
design tree and select Tree Display > View Features or click View > User
Interface > FeatureManager Tree > By Features .

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