I opened my model in Design Review Mode and needed to change a mate between two subassemblies. I used Selective Open to choose the two subassemblies and changed the mate, now how do I get back to where the entire top assembly was displayed when I opened it initially? I tried changing the two opened subassemblies to lightweight instead of resolved but that didn't work. Not sure what else to try.
Well, given that this post was in 2016, I'm hoping there have been some enhancements to this feature in the past few versions. We will be upgrading at my workplace to Solidworks 2018 soon and cannot wait to sink my teeth in.
Tomas Yaczik wrote:
I opened my model in Design Review Mode and needed to change a mate between two subassemblies. I used Selective Open to choose the two subassemblies and changed the mate, now how do I get back to where the entire top assembly was displayed when I opened it initially? I tried changing the two opened subassemblies to lightweight instead of resolved but that didn't work. Not sure what else to try.
Just switch to the desired display state. It will make visible (and load) all the parts you want. Mind you, this approach nullifies most of the benefits of Selective Open.
How to use this tool effectively, can be the subject of an in-depth discussion.
Alin,
Was there any talk during SWW of the enhanced features in LDR that we got a glimpse of during the early Beta period? That would pretty well eliminate the need for Selective Open in the first place.
Scott Lyon wrote:
Alin,
Was there any talk during SWW of the enhanced features in LDR that we got a glimpse of during the early Beta period? That would pretty well eliminate the need for Selective Open in the first place.
I asked about that, but I got evasive answers. Some functionality might trickle back in SW 2019, but there are no guarantees.
This seem to be a big job, affecting the very fabric of SW. Thus, any implementation of new functionality using graphic bodies have to be done extremely carefully, in order to not disturb existing functionality.
I'll have to try this some but at least it is a glimmer of an answer.
https://forum.solidworks.com/thread/110191