- FeatureManager Design Tree Overview
The FeatureManager design tree makes many selection and filtering operations simple, and provides access to many folders and tools useful when working with models.
- FeatureManager Design Tree Conventions
The FeatureManager design tree on the left side of the SOLIDWORKS window provides an outline view of the active part, assembly, or drawing.
- FeatureManager Design Tree Views
In part documents, you can set the FeatureManager design tree to show features in the order they were created, instead of hierarchically.
- FeatureManager Design Tree Display Options
You can enable display characteristics of the FeatureManager design tree by selecting options on the Tree Display submenu of the FeatureManager shortcut menu.
- Suppressing Configuration and Display State Names in the FeatureManager Design Tree
In models that contain only one configuration, you can suppress the configuration and display state information that is appended to assembly and part names in the FeatureManager design tree.
- Viewing Feature Relationships
To quickly view feature dependencies, you can display graphical relationships between items in the FeatureManager design tree.
- FeatureManager Design Tree Response to Selections
When you select an item in the graphics area, the FeatureManager® design tree expands and scrolls to the selected item. Clicking in the graphics area without selecting an item restores the scroll state of the FeatureManager design tree.
- Rollback Bar
You can use the FeatureManager rollback bar or shortcut menu to temporarily roll back to an earlier state, to absorbed features, roll forward, roll to previous, or roll to the end of the FeatureManager design tree.
- FeatureManager Options
- FeatureManager Design Tree Arrow Navigation
With the pointer in the FeatureManager design tree, you can navigate the tree with the arrow keys.
- Selecting from the FeatureManager Design Tree
You can select single, multiple, or nonconsecutive items in the FeatureManager design tree.
- Accessing Recent Features Through History
From the History folder at the top of the FeatureManager design tree, you can access the features that you have most recently created or edited. You can also control the number of features to list in the History folder.
- Find in FeatureManager Design Tree
Lets you search text of the FeatureManager design tree for a text string.
- Filtering the FeatureManager Design Tree
The FeatureManager design tree filter lets you search for specific features of parts and components of assemblies.
- Adding Folders and Subfolders
In part or assembly documents, you can add folders to the FeatureManager design tree. You can rename new folders and drag additional items into the new folders. This reduces the length of the FeatureManager design tree and helps you organize features and components.
- Folder Icons in the FeatureManager Design Tree
The folder icons in the FeatureManager design tree indicate the state of items in the folders.
- FeatureManager Design Tree Favorites
You can add commonly used features, sketches, and reference geometry to the Favorites 
folder in the FeatureManager® design tree.
- Grouping Features in Favorites Folders
To provide easy access to features such as cuts, holes, and chamfers, you can group them in a subfolder in the Favorites folder.
- Displaying the Design Binder
- Design Journal
- Add Attachment
Add a document to the Design Binder folder. You can embed or link the document.
- Comments
You can add text comments to items in the FeatureManager design tree (assemblies, components, features, and sketches) in the manner of Post-it® notes. You can include a date and time stamp in the text comments.
- Tags
Tags are keywords you add to SOLIDWORKS documents and features to make them easier to filter and search.
- Showing Feature Descriptions
You can display feature descriptions in the FeatureManager design tree.
- Changing a Feature Description
- What's Wrong?
View rebuild errors and warnings in part and assembly documents. Model geometry is created when warnings occur, but not if errors are present.