FeatureManager Design Tree Conventions
The FeatureManager design tree on the left side of the SOLIDWORKS window provides an outline view of the active part, assembly, or drawing.
The FeatureManager design tree uses the following conventions:
| Displays before an item's icon and indicates that the
item contains associated items. Click To collapse all expanded items at the same time, click
Shift+C, or right-click
the document name at the top of the tree and click Collapse Items.
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| Displays before features, parts, and assemblies if a change requires a rebuild of the model. | |
| Displays after the part name if the parts are frozen by the freeze bar. | |
| Displays while a drawing view updates. |
Sketches
Sketches are preceded by:
| (+) | Over defined |
| (–) | Under defined |
| (?) | Sketch cannot be solved |
| No prefix | Fully defined |
Errors and Warnings
Errors and warnings display before the part, feature, and sketch icons. The What's Wrong? dialog box and tooltips describe the errors and warnings.
| Error in the model | |
| Error with the feature | |
| Warning underneath the node | |
| Warning with the feature |
Assembly
In an assembly, each instance of the component is followed by a number in angle brackets <n> that increments with each occurrence.
Positions of assembly components are indicated by:
| (+) | Over defined |
| (–) | Under defined |
| (?) | Not solved |
| (f) | Fixed (locked in place) |
Assembly mates are preceded by:
| (+) | Involved in over defining the position of components in the assembly |
| (?) | Not solved |
External References
For the state of external references, the following symbols display after the name of the part or feature:
| –> | External reference |
| -> * | Locked external reference |
| -> x | Broken external reference To hide the x symbol, click and clear Show "x" in
feature tree for broken external
references.
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| -> ? | Out-of-context external reference |
| {->} | Feature contains a sketch with external references |
| ->{->} | Feature has an external reference and a sketch with an external reference |
| {-> *x?} | Feature contains sketches with external references in multiple states |
Examples of external reference symbols:
| Feature that contains a sketch with external references. | Feature that has an external reference and contains a sketch with an external reference. | Feature that contains sketches with external references in multiple states. |