Why are entries in the tree grey?
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Why are entries in the tree grey?
In the tree (is that the correct term in FreeCAD?) I see that features (is that the correct term?) is grey'd out except the last item listed.
I can double click each feature to edit them or the sketch they are built from. What does grey'd out mean? Also, can I move the order of the features to change the way a part is built? For example drag a chamfer to a later point? It doesn't seem possible?
And can I jump to a point half way down the tree and add in a sketch and feature? It doesn't seem possible. It seems that I am always adding to the bottom of the tree.
Not a complaint, it just seems a little different than I am used to in other CAD packages.
I can double click each feature to edit them or the sketch they are built from. What does grey'd out mean? Also, can I move the order of the features to change the way a part is built? For example drag a chamfer to a later point? It doesn't seem possible?
And can I jump to a point half way down the tree and add in a sketch and feature? It doesn't seem possible. It seems that I am always adding to the bottom of the tree.
Not a complaint, it just seems a little different than I am used to in other CAD packages.
Re: Why are entries in the tree grey?
"Tree" and "feature" are the correct terms. Greyed out means that they are not visible. The features aren't separate objects, but each of them builds on top of all features before. That's why you can make only one of tehm visible at a time: Select the feature and toggle visibility e.g. with the space bar.
You can move them with the right mouse menu, but beware of the topological naming problem. Chamfers, fillets and similar, can most probably not be moved.Also, can I move the order of the features to change the way a part is built? For example drag a chamfer to a later point?
Set Tip to the feature before (right mouse menue) and all things added to the body are added directly after Tip.And can I jump to a point half way down the tree and add in a sketch and feature?
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Re: Why are entries in the tree grey?
Thanks for pointing me to the space bar (and availability of that function in right click on selected feature). It's named "toggle visibility" but that seems to be different than visibility. In solidworks and some other CAD packages I seem to remember that I can turn off and on the visibility of particular features but still the rest of the features below the non visible feature would still be visible. FreeCAD seems to work differently in that if I turn off visibility of a feature halfway down the tree I don't see the features below it.chrisb wrote: ↑Wed Mar 17, 2021 6:30 am "Tree" and "feature" are the correct terms. Greyed out means that they are not visible. The features aren't separate objects, but each of them builds on top of all features before. That's why you can make only one of them visible at a time: Select the feature and toggle visibility e.g. with the space bar.
I don't see a named option for that when I right click on a feature. But now having read the wiki entry you have suggest I am not inclined to want to reorder features.
You can move them with the right mouse menu, but beware of the topological naming problem. Chamfers, fillets and similar, can most probably not be moved.
I don't see a "Tip" option in the right click menu.Set Tip to the feature before (right mouse menue) and all things added to the body are added directly after Tip.
Re: Why are entries in the tree grey?
What is your rationale?
This is not SW or others, it does not make any sense whatsoever to compare.
As it is in FC you mean?
You mean toggle 'on' visibility?
It is perfectly OK to do this, so long as you appreciate the issues it may cause and are prepared to remedy them.
You are showing the Part chamfer not the PD chamfer, for new users it is not advised to mix workbenches, until a solid understanding of the SW is reached.
Re: Why are entries in the tree grey?
You can show in a body one feature or no feature. If you make a feature visible all others are hidden. Features are not separate objects but depend sequentially on all predecessors. So showing two features should always show the last one anyway.
Rearranging and Tip are avalable in the menu only if the body is active.
Rearranging and Tip are avalable in the menu only if the body is active.
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Re: Why are entries in the tree grey?
They are available to me whether the body is active or not, maybe a V0.18 thing?
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28/2/21
Re: Why are entries in the tree grey?
I had used 0.19; it was running for very long time, and apparently something went out of whack. After your message I restarted FreeCAD and see the same behaviour as you.
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Re: Why are entries in the tree grey?
I have run into this issue today after changing the color of some pads. I cannot make visible more than 1 pad at a time so can't see a complete body.
Has there been a solution to this?
Thanks
Has there been a solution to this?
Thanks
Re: Why are entries in the tree grey?
No version information, no file, no help!
Re: Why are entries in the tree grey?
Sounds like something completely different. The pads in a body are no standalone objects, the are different states of always the same object.
You can set the color of the whole body. If you want single faces to be coloured individually, you have to color the feature; these colors will be lost if you add another feature.
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