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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.

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Look in the Feature Manager where there is a long list of many parts and folders.

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Let’s say I need to change the size of this Rubber Stop, but I can’t find it in the Feature Manager.

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If I click any surface on the stop, SolidWorks will find it in the Feature Manager and highlight it for me.

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This is called Dynamic Highlight. If this doesn’t work on your computer…

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