The asterisks key can be used to expand everything in the feature tree. We use folders and it would be handy to have one key to expand all the folders to see what is in them. Is there a key that will do this? If nothing else is there an api command that will expand a folder. I have not been able to find a command to expand or collapse a tree item or feature tree.
Dan Miel
SW 2011
I am not familliar with an API call nor a key stroke that will do this automatically. However, Shift+C will collapse everything in the tree. A couple of years ago, I went digging for this very thing and turned up nothing.
Jeremiah,
Thanks for responding to my question. I finally found some api code and I must say SolidWorks has hidden it well, If you paste the code below into a VBA macro and run it should expand all of your top level folders or if you trust an executable you can try the attached exe and when you double click it should also open the folders. This does not work in 2011 it does work on 2013, I don't know about 2012.
Dan Miel
SW 2013
'Written Dan Miel 12-14-2012
'Expands all top level folders
Option Explicit
Sub main()
Dim swApp As SldWorks.SldWorks
Dim myModel As SldWorks.ModelDoc2
Dim featureMgr As SldWorks.FeatureManager
Dim rootNode As SldWorks.TreeControlItem
Set swApp = Application.SldWorks
Set myModel = swApp.ActiveDoc
Set featureMgr = myModel.FeatureManager
Set rootNode = featureMgr.GetFeatureTreeRootItem2(swFeatMgrPaneBottom)
If Not rootNode Is Nothing Then
traverse_node rootNode.GetFirstChild
End If
End Sub
Private Sub traverse_node(subNode As SldWorks.TreeControlItem)
Do While Not subNode Is Nothing
'Check if tree node is a feature
If subNode.ObjectType = 1 Then
Dim Feat As SldWorks.Feature
Set Feat = subNode.Object
'Check to see if feature type is a folder
If Feat.GetTypeName2 = "FtrFolder" Then
subNode.Expanded = True
subNode.Expanded = False
End If
End If
Set subNode = subNode.GetNext
Loop
End Sub
Works in SW2012
Shift + * expands everything. Works in SW2014
Hi Guy!!
It only works on 1st level Folder, if you have 2 level or more, it does not work.... However thanks for it!! Usefull
I am not familliar with an API call nor a key stroke that will do this automatically. However, Shift+C will collapse everything in the tree. A couple of years ago, I went digging for this very thing and turned up nothing.