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:
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:
Click Open
(Standard toolbar) or File,
Open.
In the Open
dialog box:
Browse to the assembly you want to open.
Select Quick
view / Selective open.
Click Open.
The following appear:
The Selective
Open dialog box.
A preview of the assembly.
A simplified FeatureManager
design tree showing only components.
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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. |
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.