Expanding and Collapsing all Components in the SOLIDWORKS Model Tree

Thursday May 23, 2013 at 3:40pm

Expanding and Collapsing all Components in the SOLIDWORKS Model Tree...read more

With the new 2013 functionality of producing a new flat view for parts, wouldn’t it be useful to have a similar setting for Assemblies?

Flat Tree view can also be activated by Ctrl + T

In Assemblies, if you select the top level assembly in the Feature Manger and press the Asterisk Key (*)

To collapse the tree again, you can Right Click and select Collapse Items or the keyboard shortcut, Shift + C

This can be useful when using the some of the Select options, which do not automatically expand the model tree.

Richard Earley

Application Engineer

Solid Solutions Management

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