SolidWorks 2010 Bible

(Martin Jones) #1

Chapter 26: Modeling Multi-bodies


FIGURE 26.20

Body folders in the FeatureManager


You may encounter another problem with the display of FeatureManager header items in general
when they are set to Automatic display (display only when they contain something). This does not
guarantee that the folder is going to display when it should. A more direct way of saying this is that
the Automatic setting works incorrectly from time to time. For this reason, I suggest using the
Show option to display important folders. Figure 26.21 shows the Options page (Tools ➪ Options)
that controls the visibility of folders.

FIGURE 26.21

Control the visibility of FeatureManager items


By right-clicking either of the bodies folders, you can select the Show Feature History option,
which shows the features that have combined to create the bodies in an indented list under the
body name. This view of the FeatureManager is shown in Figure 26.22. This option is very useful
when you are editing or troubleshooting bodies.
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