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Simplified Representations of Assemblies

When you want to work on a small subset of components in a large assembly, you can improve assembly performance by using Quick view / Selective open to open a simplified representation of the assembly. You specify which components to load; other components are not loaded and not visible, but the effects of their mates are retained.

You specify which components to load by opening the assembly through the Open dialog box. While opening, you can select:

  • Individual components. (You do not need to fully open the assembly first.)

  • A display state where you previously defined the show/hide state of the components.

To take advantage of the Selective open functionality (in which hidden components are not loaded), files must be in the current version of SolidWorks.

To open a simplified representation of an assembly:

  1. Click Open (Standard toolbar) or File, Open.

  2. In the Open dialog box:

    1. Browse to the assembly you want to open.

    2. Select Quick view / Selective open.

    1. Click Open.

The following appear:

  • The Selective Open dialog box.

  • A preview of the assembly.

  • A simplified FeatureManager design tree showing only components.

In the FeatureManager design tree:

  • indicates a sub-assembly that was last saved in a SpeedPak configuration.

  • indicates a sub-assembly that has a SpeedPak configuration available, although the sub-assembly was last saved in another configuration.

See Opening Assemblies Containing SpeedPak Sub-Assemblies.

  1. Make selections in the dialog box and click Open Selected or Open.

When the assembly opens:

  • The components you have specified are loaded lightweight.

  • All other components are not loaded and not visible, but the effects of their mates are retained.

  • A new display state appears on the ConfigurationManager tab.

Because hidden components are not loaded into memory, you might notice a delay when you first show a hidden component, because the software must load it then.

 



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