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"To add to that, all they really are to my knowledge, are a helpful way to see all the in-context relationships in an assembly without having to dig into every part to see what feature references what." I see. That makes sense. Thanks.

Can someone give me a real world example of what I would use Update Holders for. I've read the Solidworks help on them and I still don't see how Update Holders can help me or what their practical use is.

What controls what the background color of the Feature Manager will be? I'd like to be something besides grey.

Solid Edge ST now has a free educational addition for home study that's good for a year. The files are not compatible with the regular commercial addition and you are not allowed to use it for commercial work...

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I have a sheet metal part that I modeled. Near the beginning of the Feature Manager I have a Miter Flange. In the Miter Flange feature I originally used a 1mm Gap distance that I now what to change to .75mm. When I do all my Chamfers and Cut Extrudes light up with errors and warnings. Is there...

Thanks, Dan!

http://www.mikejwilson.com/solidworks/files/m5.zip Trying to understand more difficult assemblies and parts. After I do a rebuild for Body.SLDPRT I get the following errors: Warning: Cockpit Cut Surface S1 The sketch is over defined. Warning: Fillet Cockpit Edge for fillet/chamfer does not...

>Just a shot in the dark...view menu,uncheck hide all types & >rebuild. Tried it. No difference.

>A simple test can be perfomed by manually adding a dimension in >your drawing view of a feature you have already controlled with a >dimension in its feature sketch Adding a manual dimension works perfectly. It's when I try and use Model Items that I have a problem and no dimensions are added.

>Can you even add the dimension to the feature? Yes I can if I use an Annotation. >If you can is it the same value as the feature sketch? Yes it is. I am not able to post the part due to a non-disclosure agreement.

Spent a few hours today trying everything I could think of and made zero progress. Can't figure out what I am doing wrong.

Are only the standard views Top, Front, Right, Left, Bottom, and Isometric orthographic? Can you create a named view that is not a standard view that is orthographic? How do you insure that dimensions are parallel to the viewing plane if you create a named view that isn't a standard view?

I created and saved a named view for my part model. When I insert my named view and try to insert the Model Items the dimensions don't come over. I've check the part and all the dimensions I want are Marked dimensions to be imported into a drawing and I'm set to All Configurations. What could be...

Thanks for the clear explanation CorBlimeyLimey