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I’m working in an assembly with just over 1300 parts and most of them are not in sub-assemblies, which means my Feature Manager is gets pretty long and messy looking.

Now I usually will put things in folders, group things together and eventually end up with a pretty organized structure that looks good in a BOM also.

But here’s the dilemma. It stinks having to sort this each time and remember if M comes before N, so I’m thinking it would nice to have a SolidWorks OCD Option. Something to automatically sort the Feature Manager by it’s partnumber or description or whatever.

Sound nice? If you think so, consider submitting an Enhancement Request or letting me know if I’ve missed something. I’ve logged one under “Ability to Sort Feature Manager Tree by Part Number or Description.”

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gale 9 months ago 1 point
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Yes, this is very good enhancemnt. 2,5 years ago I worked in SolidWorks Routing module. I've been thinking about sorting the feature manager (fitings) by the medium flow. So I thing that sort by medium flow (like in PDMS) is also needed.

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Rod Uding 9 months ago 1 point
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This would be a nice enhancement to have. I usually end up building the folders as I go along. Some may only have one item, but I end with a tree that is all folders that looks nice.

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