SOLIDWORKS
Tips and Tricks
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Finding Parts in Assemblies in SolidWorks
by John Koop, SolidWorks Specialist, TEDCF Publishing
When you’re working with large assemblies, it can be tough to find certain parts. This is a quick tip that will help you navigate your assembly and find those illusive parts.
As you can see here, I have an assembly of a Weight Machine.
In the Feature Manager, there is a long list of many parts and folders.
Let’s say I need to change the size of this Rubber Stop, but I can’t find it in the Feature Manager.
If I click any surface on the stop, SolidWorks will find it in the Feature Manager and highlight it for me.
This is called Dynamic Highlight. If this doesn’t work on your computer…
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