Tag Archives: Assemblies

Quick Hide & Show of Parts in an Assembly.

Posted on May 23, 2013 by Joseph Richter

 To hide parts.

While editing an assembly, if you need to quickly hide parts that are ‘in the way’, simply press the Tab button.  The top component directly below your cursor will be hidden, if you click Tab again then the next part below the cursor will also be hidden, all in order.  For example, in this assembly below, with my cursor on the Ace of Hearts, clicking Tab will hide the Ace Card part, then by selecting Tab again, the King will be hidden and so on.

 To show hidden part.

In order to show hidden part(s) simply click Shift+Tab on the keyboard while your cursor is over where the hidden part is located in the graphics area. As shown above, any component directly below your cursor will be shown using Shift+Tab.  If there are multiple hidden parts, they will be shown in reverse order.  For example, below the card displayed is Queen of Hearts, clicking Shift+Tab will show the King.  Without moving your cursor clicking Shift+Tab one more time will now show the Ace.

This tip can also be used in combination with the ‘Isolate’ command in order to hide or show additional parts from an isolated selection set or current Display State.

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Activate Explode/Collapse from the FeatureManager Design Tree

Posted on March 22, 2013 by Enrique Garcia

Most users tend to click on the Configuration Manager Tab to explode and collapse their model using the icons in the property manager.  You can also access the explode and collapse functionality right form your design tree.

Simply right-click at the top of the design tree (highlighted in blue)  and select “Explode” or “Collapse” from the right-click menu.  If you have not previously created an exploded view these menu options will not be available.

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DDi CADcast 2013 What’s New: Assemblies Part 2

Posted on February 7, 2013 by Cody Armstrong

This DDi CADcast is the second part of a two part series covering the new features and enhancements to assembly functionality in SolidWorks.

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DDi CADcast 2013 What’s New: Assemblies Part 1

Posted on January 25, 2013 by Cody Armstrong

This DDi CADcast is the first of a two part series covering the new features and enhancements to assembly functionality in SolidWorks.

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Reuse Subassembly Explode

Posted on January 22, 2013 by Enrique Garcia

If you are creating an exploded view of an assembly with subassemblies, you can automatically import existing exploded view steps from those subassemblies.

1. Open the Explode PropertyManager and select the subassembly you want to import exploded steps from.
2. Click “Reuse Subassembly Explode” at the very bottom of the Explode dialog box.  This will import the previously created exploded steps from the subassembly’s Exploded View.

This will quicken the creation of your exploded view and will also make it easier to maintain consistency among your exploded views of the same design.

 

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