Element-Explorer

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Element-Explorer

Element-Explorer

The Element-Explorer is at the bottom of the Project-Explorer.

It shows most of the elements that are in the model.

It does not show sketch-elements or sketch-constraints.

There are three(3) Trees to explore.

Element-Explorer example:

Example Elements in the Assembly-Tree

Example Elements in the Assembly-Tree

Assembly-Tree

It is a chronological and hierarchical list of the elements in the Model and Mechanism-Editor.


Kinematics-Tree

It shows when a Mechanism-Editor is active.

It compiles a list of the kinematic-elements into kinematic-chains for the active Mechanism-Editor.


Geometry-Tree

It shows when the Part-Editor is active.

It is a list of the constraints and dimensions that you have added to or between sketch-elements.

It does not list the sketch-elements.


If you click an element in the Element-Explorer it becomes RED (default selection color) in the graphic-area.