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Is there a easy way to find a draft feature in feature tree?

Unlike normal feature which will show up in breadcrumb, for some reason draft just wont show up in breadcrumb

If the face is drafted using neutral plane, selecting the face will highlight the feature in the tree but will not automatically point you to the feature in the tree (eg: if you have a long tree, you wont really notice the highlighted feature in the tree until you scroll down)

If the face is drafted using parting line, selecting the face will not highlight any feature, if you have like 50+ draft feature, finding that particular draft can be a nightmare

...selecting the face will highlight the feature in the tree but will not automatically point you to the feature in the tree (eg: if you have a long tree, you wont really notice the highlighted feature in the tree until you scroll down)...

Do you have this checked?

dpihlaja wrote: ↑Thu Dec 16, 2021 12:40 pm Do you have this checked?
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Yes i do, the problem is when i selected the face it scroll to the base feature (eg: extrude) instead of the draft,

Zhen-Wei Tee wrote: ↑Thu Dec 16, 2021 5:33 pm Yes i do, the problem is when i selected the face it scroll to the base feature (eg: extrude) instead of the draft,

Yes, I found that out after I posted that. Woops.

The only other thing that I can think of is to use the filter in the tree.

dpihlaja wrote: ↑Fri Dec 17, 2021 7:55 am Yes, I found that out after I posted that. Woops.

The only other thing that I can think of is to use the filter in the tree.
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Most of the time our part has like 50+ draft, filtering for draft does not really help , not to mention most of the folks dont even bother to name their feature...

So far the only viable option that i find is to look really closely at the feature tree dependencies Or use an extra click to find the child dependencies

Don't you have this when you select a feature in your assembly or part? You can click on the feature or sketch and it will take you to the feature in the tree. If you do not have this option switched on you can switch on the breadcrumbs

What version of SW? In SW2018 when I select a drafted face, the actual draft feature is selected in the feature tree. Also, Dynamic Reference Visualization (parent/child arrows) is enabled, selecting the base feature in the tree will result in a child arrows being displayed, including any draft features.

Marco wrote: ↑Wed Dec 29, 2021 4:40 am Don't you have this when you select a feature in your assembly or part? You can click on the feature or sketch and it will take you to the feature in the tree.
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If you do not have this option switched on you can switch on the breadcrumbs
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Yes i have the breadcrumb option activated.
The issue is with the draft feature not showing up in the breadcrumb as shown in the image below
The example part has the OD drafted with a draft feature.
I had selected the drafted face, but the breadcrumb show the bread-extrude instead

takedownca wrote: ↑Wed Dec 29, 2021 4:52 am What version of SW? In SW2018 when I select a drafted face, the actual draft feature is selected in the feature tree. Also, Dynamic Reference Visualization (parent/child arrows) is enabled, selecting the base feature in the tree will result in a child arrows being displayed, including any draft features.

SW2019
Yes it highlight in the feature tree but for some reason it did not bring me directly to the draft feature (unlike when you select other face created with feature like cut or boss extrude), and it is not showing up in the breadcrumb.
When the feature tree has like 100+features, it is a real pain finding the draft (lots of scrolling)

Yeah, unlike other features, draft doesn't actually create any geometry......more like a direct edit on the face.

dpihlaja wrote: ↑Fri Dec 17, 2021 7:55 am Yes, I found that out after I posted that. Woops.

The only other thing that I can think of is to use the filter in the tree.
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Yes, this is very annoying... You can try to combine the two functions: use filter "Draft" on the top of the feature tree and then select the draft in the view and hope that the tree will still not be too long so you can see the highlighted draft!!!