Expand All browser command

[Anonymous]

I am using a version of 2012 Auto Desk Inventor. I am dealing with very large assemblies and i constantly, accidental click expand all when going for collapse all. Is there a way to deactivate the expand all button or grey it out from use? Currently if i click expand all it either crashes my session or takes 10min to expand everything.

[-niels-]

Welcome to the community!

I don't know of a way to deactivate that, but maybe you can work around it by not using a mouseclick to select the function.

I'm assuming you right-click the top node in the browser and then click "collapse all children"?
You may notice there's an underscore under the S of collapse, which indicates a shortcut.
So if you right-click and then press S on your keyboard you can circumvent clicking on the wrong function.

Would that work?

[johnsonshiue]

Hi! For Inventor 2012, you probably need to use Level of Detail (LOD) to manage large assembly. Is this a 32-bit machine or 64-bit machine? Do you have to have all components loaded every time? Could you open the assembly with all components suppressed (Open -> Options -> LOD = All Comp Suppressed)? Then unsuppress the components you need to edit. Would it work better?

Many thanks!