Adding Folders and Subfolders

In part documents, you can create folders for features. You can place any set of sequential features into an individual folder. You can select multiple contiguous features and drag the features to a folder. Drag features to change their order in a folder if the features do not have parent-child relationships. To keep parent-child relationships, you cannot use Ctrl to select nonsequential features.

In assembly documents, you can create folders for components and folders for mates. When adding a folder, you can preselect nonsequential components or mates to place in the folder.

A prefix (-) appears next to the folder name to indicate if the folder has components with some issues.

In parts, the prefix indicates that some features have underdefined sketches or missing references. In assemblies, the prefix indicates that some components are underconstrained.

The prefix also appears if subfolders contain features or components that have these issues.

When you select a folder in the FeatureManager design tree, the features or components in the folder are highlighted in the graphics area. Similarly, when you select a feature in the graphics area that is in a folder, the folder is highlighted. For components, the folder expands to show the highlighted component.

You can drag folders and features into another folder. When dragging a feature out of a folder, you can drag the feature above a contiguous feature in the FeatureManager design tree.

Folders can contain subfolders. Commands used on folders can also be used on subfolders. When you use a command on a folder, the command also applies to the subfolders within the folder. For example, when you suppress a folder, all items in the folder are suppressed, including its subfolders and the items in the subfolders.

To expand or collapse a folder and all its subfolders, right-click and click Expand All or Collapse All. To retain a subfolder's expanded or collapsed state when you expand or collapse its parent folder, right-click the parent folder and click Expand Item or Collapse Item.

To rename a folder, right-click the folder and click Rename tree item.

You can insert items into folders automatically or manually.

To create a folder and insert items automatically:	In the FeatureManager design tree, right-click an item and click Add to New Folder . A folder containing the selected item appears in the FeatureManager design tree.
To create a folder and insert items manually:	In the FeatureManager design tree, right-click an item and click Create New Folder. A folder appears in the FeatureManager design tree. You can drag items into the folder. When the pointer changes to , you can drop the items to the selected folder.
To remove items from a folder:	In the FeatureManager design tree, drag the item from the folder. When the pointer changes to , you can drag the features to the selected location.