SolidWorks 2010 Bible

Chapter 11: Editing and Evaluation

FIGURE 11.3

Multiple parents and sketch reordering

Viewing consumed features in their original order

If you want to view consumed sketches in their original order — for example, the sketches in the

loft feature in Figure 11.3 — you must first expand the feature by clicking the plus (+) symbol

next to it so that you can see the consumed sketches, and then roll back between the feature and

the first sketch. At this point, a warning message appears, stating that the sketches will be tempo-

rarily unabsorbed during editing. You can then move the Rollback bar again to show the sketches.

This maneuver can become complicated when you have two sketches absorbed by a projected

curve, the projected curve absorbed by a composite curve and the composite curve absorbed by a

sweep feature. To isolate the original projected sketches, you need to repeat the technique with the

Rollback bar as described earlier, once for each parent/child relationship. This is shown in Figure

11.4, and the steps to accomplish it are as follows.