Select Parts or Assemblies? 1

[jwarnke]

I want to know if there is a way or filter or something that when I click on a face of a part(in an assembly) it picks the whole part vs. that face? Is there a way to pick the sub-assembly it's part of by clicking that face? I tire of selecting a face, then finding the highlighted part in my feature tree. My assemblies are just too huge to do so.

Thanks,

Joel Warnke
Solidworks Professional 2008

 

[CorBlimeyLimey]

Two settings;

Tools > Options > System Options > Display/Selection ... Highlight all edges of features selected in graphics view

Tools > Options > System Options > Feature Manager ... Scroll selected item into view

 

[handleman]

Why do you want to "select the whole part"? Do you just want to see what the whole part looks like?

As far as selecting subassemblies, if you right-click on a face of a component that is part of a subassembly there is an option for "Select Sub Assembly".

-handleman, CSWP (The new, easy test)

 

[CorBlimeyLimey]

Son of a B@#$%. When did they sneak that in their? Or am I really just going senile?

 

[ctopher]

Also right-click on part and select 'other' to select different parts/surfaces through the parts/assy.

Chris
SolidWorks/PDMWorks 08 3.1
AutoCAD 08
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[handleman]

CBL,
I would suggest you read through the "what's new" PDF with each new release....

I'm not sure if that was even in the "what's new" or not, but I think it started with '08. It was either '08 or '07. I don't recall, since I'd already written a macro some time before to do the same thing.

-handleman, CSWP (The new, easy test)