SOLIDWORKS Feature Manager Design Tree
If you work with Assemblies in SOLIDWORKS, and your company uses some form of product numbering system, then chances are, your SOLIDWORKS FeatureManager looks something like this: You probably see a part name – which is probably its product number – followed by a whole…
One of the core principles in SOLIDWORKS is connectivity. What does this mean and how is it communicated in the SOLIDWORKS Feature Manager Design Tree? Well, every file type in SOLIDWORKS is made to talk to one another. A part file that is used in…
More and more commonly, teams spread out across the globe are collaborating together on designs. SOLIDWORKS Data Management tools make it easy for designers to work together and share files, even if they are located on different continents. One side effect of this global collaboration…
In SOLIDWORKS 2017 the Dynamic Reference Visualization has been redesigned! Dynamic reference arrows have been redesigned to improve clarity in the FeatureManager Design Tree. The white dot shows the originating feature, and the new arrows won’t get in the way of underlying text in the tree….
SOLIDWORKS 2017 Tree Display options reduce visual clutter in the FeatureManager
With all of the information that the SOLIDWORKS feature manager design tree is able to relay to users, enhancements that reduce the visual clutter in the Feature manager are always a welcome addition. Having default configuration names displayed when there is one solitary configuration leads to…
One pet peeve that I have with the SOLIDWORKS Feature Manager, is the need to scroll back in order to see long component names inside an assembly. The culprits behind this are Display and Configuration names of a component. I could expand the Feature Manager…
Watch this video for tips on how to quickly expand and collapse the Flyout Feature Manager Design Tree: