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Show Referenced Geometry

Show Referenced Geometry

Problem - It is easy to create unknown ripple effects when making changes earlier in a timeline by not knowing how a feature is related to others in the same part/component or, even more important, other parts/components in an assembly.

 

I'm advocating a simple way to see an object's relationship with the rest of the universe, essentially a "Show Referenced Geometry" command.  The result of the command would be the 'highlighting of' and 'shortcut' to any other feature or object that either 1) is derived directly from the selected feature or 2) was used to directly derive the selected feature.

 

 

Even the most basic iteration of this function would be incredibly helpful when contemplating deletions or troubleshooting errors.  Right now, there is a fair amount of guesswork/investigation required.  these ripple effects tend to be among my most time-consuming activities in Fusion 360 when performing changes.

 

A more refined version of this function would provide clickable selections to take you directly to the referenced geometry with the feature highlighted, and it would tell you this feature is used to derive your selected one or was derived from it.

3 Comments
AlexDavidson
Participant

This is the sort of functionality that Fusion 360 needs to take it beyond hobbyist level. As it is, I don't look forward to modifying models with more than a few parts.

hoegge
Collaborator

This is simply a must when you have bigger assemblies.

The warning (below) is quite useless when there is no way to find those references

 

Please prioritize this

 

deletion warning.png

/Hoegge

Anonymous
Not applicable

thanks for submitting this idea! I can't believe it has not received more support ^^

 

In a situation such as the one described by hoegge, Creo proposes to keep or to delete all the dependant functions. If this could be implemented it would also help.

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