Recently, I have noticed that Fusion does not highlight features (3 dots above the design feature) in the design history timeline after a body has been converted to a component. Features that "pre-date" a component creation command are hidden from the "find" ability of fusion. This behaviour goes both ways in that if hovering over a feature in history, that feature does not highlight in the model. If I move the slider to before the create component command, the features in the model will then be visible to the highlight ability of Fusion.
In years of using Fusion, I have never seen this issue and in thinking back I am sure I must have followed the same work flow (bodies to components after investment in design time) without running into this Other than following a methodology of always create a component before investing too much time in a body only design, is there a way to turn this feature highlighting back on after a body is converted to a component?
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I am fairly certain that Fusion has always worked this way. It is just a limitation in the feature identification code that, once a body has been converted to a component, the features lose the ability to track their geometry.
Yes, I remember watching a video years ago by (can't remember his name) who was demonstrating how to do Fusion. In that video he mentioned that best practice was to always create a component first, then start modeling. I am sure in that demo the presenter must have stated various good reasons for that work flow which must have included avoiding this issue. Thanks for the reply Jeff.
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