{"id":3165,"date":"2015-05-14T10:23:09","date_gmt":"2015-05-14T09:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3165"},"modified":"2015-05-14T10:23:09","modified_gmt":"2015-05-14T09:23:09","slug":"quickly-view-feature-dependencies-in-solidworks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/05\/quickly-view-feature-dependencies-in-solidworks\/","title":{"rendered":"Quickly view feature dependencies in SOLIDWORKS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To quickly view feature dependencies, you can display graphical relationships between items in the FeatureManager design tree.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dynamic Reference Visualization<\/strong> lets you view the parent relationships between items in the FeatureManager design tree. When you hover over a feature with references in the FeatureManager design tree, arrows display showing the relationships.<\/p>\n<p>If a reference cannot be shown because a feature is not expanded, the arrow points to the feature that contains the reference and the actual reference appears in a text box to the right of the arrow.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/FeatureDependencies1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3166\" src=\"http:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/FeatureDependencies1.png\" alt=\"FeatureDependencies1\" width=\"214\" height=\"291\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-3167 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/FeatureDependencies2.png\" alt=\"FeatureDependencies2\" width=\"221\" height=\"256\" \/><\/p>\n<p>All references visible\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 One reference hidden<\/p>\n<p>Dynamic reference visualization is enabled by default.<\/p>\n<p>To turn it off, in the FeatureManager design tree, right-click the first item (part or assembly) and clear <strong>Dynamic Reference Visualization <a href=\"http:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/FeatureDependencies3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-3168 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/FeatureDependencies3.png\" alt=\"FeatureDependencies3\" width=\"23\" height=\"23\" \/><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0on the context toolbar in the shortcut menu.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DoubleRedArrow.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2090\" src=\"http:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DoubleRedArrow.png\" alt=\"DoubleRedArrow\" width=\"15\" height=\"10\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/products\/products-solidworks\" target=\"_blank\">Find out more on SOLIDWORKS<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DoubleRedArrow.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2090\" src=\"http:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DoubleRedArrow.png\" alt=\"DoubleRedArrow\" width=\"15\" height=\"10\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/company\/contact\" target=\"_blank\">Contact Sales<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DoubleRedArrow.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2090\" src=\"http:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/DoubleRedArrow.png\" alt=\"DoubleRedArrow\" width=\"15\" height=\"10\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/demo-request\" target=\"_blank\">Request a Demo<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mkt.solidworks.com\/emarketing_enu\/start.swe?SWECmd=InvokeMethod&amp;SWEMethod=StartSS&amp;SWEView=URLRouter&amp;SWEApplet=SSRoute&amp;SWENargs=SSId=1-3IX8UQC,SSName=REP+ENG-INTL+SW+Inspection+Feature+Article,SSLC=,SSCC=,CID=1-3J990KL,OID=1-3IX3OU9,COID=1-3J990KM,PRO=1-NKZ7N\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3005\" src=\"http:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/REP_SWInspection_FeatureArticle_728x90_ENG.jpg\" alt=\"REP_SWInspection_FeatureArticle_728x90_ENG\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/REP_SWInspection_FeatureArticle_728x90_ENG.jpg 728w, https:\/\/www.solidapps.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/REP_SWInspection_FeatureArticle_728x90_ENG-300x37.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To quickly view feature dependencies, you can display graphical relationships between items in the FeatureManager design tree. 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