Find in Browser automatically

[peter.kapitola]

"Find in Browser" is a very useful function, but why do I have to keep applying it for almost every part I click on? This should just happen automatically every time I click on a component, part, body etc.. This is how many other CAD programs function. If you click on a component, you want to be able to see its parts, its relationships, its sketches etc. It's only natural that the browser follows you. 

If people don't like this behaviour, they could turn it off. But it at least needs to be an option. Clicking CTRL+B every few seconds really adds up. 

[aabiskar.basyal]

@Yijiang.Cai @dan_szymanski 

Can we also introduce the functionality to automatically expand the part in the browser tree to show the origin plane when a part is selected in the window? Currently, if a part is sheet metal, the origin planes are hidden beneath several layers, and it’s time-consuming to expand the folders to access the origin plane.

Additionally, can we add another feature where, while an origin plane of a part is selected in the browser and if CTRL is held down, selecting another part in the window automatically navigates the browser to this newly selected part with its origin plane expanded? Implementing this change would greatly streamline the process of constraining using origin planes.

[Yijiang.Cai]

@aabiskar.basyal the similar idea about your request has been posted, and please vote it. Many thanks! https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-ideas/display-component-origin-planes-on-mouseover-when-hold...

[aabiskar.basyal]

Hi, @Yijiang.Cai thank you for your response. I am proposing a workflow that is significantly simpler than the one outlined in the post you referred to. Inventor currently has an auto-scroll function, which is excellent, though not fully complete. At present, when a part is selected in the window, the browser auto scrolls to that part. However, for constraining purposes, if one of the origin planes of this part is selected and CTRL is held down and another part is then selected in the window, the browser does not auto-scroll to this newly selected part. Integrating the ability to auto-scroll even when CTRL is pressed would make constraining parts much easier.

Additionally, it would be beneficial if, when the browser auto-scrolls to a selected part, the part is already expanded to reveal the origin planes in the browser.

[Yijiang.Cai]

@aabiskar.basyal many thanks for the details, and the constraint workflow using work features should be a typical benefit from the enhancement request, which has been tracked in our system for investigation.