I need the assembly I select to show in the tree. it does not for some reason. Any ideas?
I need the assembly I select to show in the tree. it does not for some reason. Any ideas?
When I select an assembly in an assembly, it does not show what assembly I have selected in the tree.
Does it show/highlight the part?
You do need to select a face.
Edge won't work.
I can right click and select sub assembly and it does not show the sub assembly picked in the tree.
Try turn this on:
System Option -> FeatureManager -> Scroll Selected Item into View
Frederick Law wrote:
Try turn this on:
System Option -> FeatureManager -> Scroll Selected Item into View
Thank you. It's good to know I can turn this off when I want to.
It is turned on.
I turned on dynamic highlight and it fixed it? strange?
Yes strange, it shouldn't affect the featuremanager. Is your install corrupt, or something very weird happening with gfx driver?
All else seems fine. Works great now. i am on service pack 4. The engineer next to me is on service pack 2 and her system acts differently. Could be a service pack issue.
If you right click the part you'll be able to Select Subassembly and that should show you in the tree
Steve C
It should, bit it does not.
Alternatively you can see it through Breadcrumbs if you have Breadcrumbs turned on in the options.
Select part in (sub) assembly; Right-Click Menu; Go To Component (in Tree)
I do not get this option.
Right... Sometimes I have to click on the arrows at bottom of RMB menu to expand the selections.... 
then the menu expands to:
I do not get that option.
OK. I'm stumped without more data.
Maybe you need to go into Customize Menu on the RMB menu
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Are you selecting a face or surface? Selecting edges or vertices won't work (I think it should, but here we are).
Do you have this option checked?
Yes it is checked. It works now that I checked dynamic highlight. Not sure why. I like the dynamic highlight on. It adds some visual help. I was on Inventor for 15 years.
Keep an eye on that Dynamic Highlight setting. I also find it essential but it has a tendency to turn itself off every once in awhile.
Dan Pihlaja provided to me a wonderful macro that turns it back on if you're interested
Here is his post containing the macro:
https://forum.solidworks.com/thread/228909?messageTarget=all&start=25&mode=comments#comment-971728
Marshall Wilson wrote:
Keep an eye on that Dynamic Highlight setting. I also find it essential but it has a tendency to turn itself off every once in awhile.
See What happened to the orange highlight when I hover my mouse?
It will select the part.
You need to follow the tree to get the assembly.