How to find quickly part's father features and sketches.

alessandro_cavoli

The problem (not urgent): in part studio when the project is made by a lot of parts it could become difficult to find which are the features and sketches that define one or more parts.

The solution:

1- when a part is selected in the part's list all the feature (sketches included) that contribute to make it will highlight into the feature list with the same color of the part as in the graphic area. Then if you choose 2 or more parts the highlighted features and sketches will be showed in differents colors. The highligted features and sketches are the part's father.

2- when a part or more parts are selected in the part's list by using the right click's mouse you have the option to "Show only selected part's features and sketches in feature's list" and in the feature list will be shown just the selected parts related features and sketches, as if you are working just on one or little more parts. Note that the hided features and sketches are not suppressed or deactiveted, but just hided, is a simulation of a single part ambient. To ripristinate the view of all the feature list you can have the right click option "Show all the features and sketches in feature's list".

3- in the future you can also have the option to show the part's features and sketches children in a similar way.

lougallo

@alessandro_cavoli Today this can be done by typing 

:part <part name>

In the Feature filter at the top of the tree.

alessandro_cavoli

Tested and is not what I mean, it's a partial and confuse way.
First it doesn't show part's related sketches.
And in my part studio i have differents parts with the same name, then it shows the features of all these parts.
And if I write (example) <lama inferiore> as part name I have also a different part that is called <portalama inferiore>, then it shows the features of all these parts.

Ornella_Tortorici

An other idea would be to have the possibility to display the list of features like a tree, showing the father-children relations.

leon_poot

A tree-like feature map would be pretty sweet, possibly as a side panel right where the sheet metal tab shows up. Till then, the search function works for me.

Isoworks

lougallo said:

@alessandro_cavoli Today this can be done by typing 

:part <part name>

In the Feature filter at the top of the tree.

Good to know and helpful. BUT why does this leave the sketches out? Including the sketches would be very helpful.