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Structure tree

The Structure panel contains the Structure treeDisplay in the Structure panel that shows you each of the objects in your design. You can expand or collapse the nodes of the tree to view the objects. You can rename objects, create, modify, replace, and delete objects, as well as work with components., which shows you each of the objects in your design. Objects are displayed in the order in which they were created, or in the order in which they were imported. The figures below show all the object types that can be displayed in the Structure tree.

The appearance of solid bodies in the Structure tree will vary when they contain hidden faces or surface bodies.

You can use the Structure tree to find objects, select objects, set object visibility, expand or collapse the nodes of the tree, rename objects, create, modify, move, replace, and delete objects, as well as work with components using the Structure tree.

You can uncheck the box next to an object to hide it in the Design windowArea in the user interface that displays your model or assembly. Also known as Workspace..

Some objects, such as sketch curves and 3D curves, are automatically placed in Curves groups in the Structure tree. You can rename a curve, but not the curve group. You can move the Curves group, but you cannot move a curve out of the group. Deleting the group deletes all the curves in the group. You can set the visibility of a Curves group or an individual curve in the group, even if the CurveIn 3D, any line in space. group is within a dependent copy of a component.

To find objects

To find an object in the Design2D or 3D model that contains at least one top-level component. window, hover over an object in the Structure tree to highlight it in the Design window. Hovering over a hidden object displays it temporarily in the Design window.

To find an object in the Structure tree:

• Hover your mouse over an object in the Design window to highlight it in the Structure tree. (Its component is highlighted if it is not expanded.)

• Right-click an object in the Design window and select Locate in Structure Tree to highlight the object in the Structure tree.

• Press Ctrl+F to open the Find dialog.

When Pattern is selected in the Structure tree, the selection list updates to display the number of patterns included in the design.

To move objects

Drag an object or component to change its position in the Structure tree.

Right-click an object and select MoveA tool used to translate or rotate geometry. to New ComponentObjectAnything recognizable by the tools. 3D objects include vertices, edges, faces, surfaces, solids, layouts, planes, axes, and origins. 2D objects include points and lines. in a design, including the top-level design component. Each component consists of any number of objects, such as solids and surfaces, and can contain sub-components. You can think of a component as a "part." Components can be saved as a separate file. An external component is another design inserted as a component of your design. Making the component internal prevents changes from being made to the external component file. You can also create an external component by saving a component as a separate file. See Lightweight components, AssemblyHierarchy of components and subcomponents showing relationship within a design, as shown in the Structure tree. In manufacturing, a unit fitted together from manufactured parts. See Assembly tool, Component to create a component within the active component and move the object into it. If the object has a custom name, the new component will have the same name.

Ctrl+right-click multiple objects, then right-click and select Move Each to New Components to create a new component for each object within the active component and move the objects into the components. If the object has a custom name, the new component will have the same name.

You can move the view of a component from one drawing sheet to another by dragging the view in the Structure panel.

An annotation plane cannot be moved to a sub-component after you add dimensions because the references would be lost. OffsetDistance an edge, segment, or curve is moved or copied. , mirror, and shell relationships stay with a solid when it is moved to another component, unless the relationship would link two components when it is moved.

To set the visibility of objects using the Structure tree

• Check the box next to the object in the Structure tree to set the visibility of the object to the layer visibility.

• Uncheck the box next to the object to hide it in the Design window and display its icon in gray in the Structure tree, like Component2 in the figure above. You cannot work with hidden objects in the Design window.

• Right-click an object in the Structure tree and select Always Visible from the context menu.

• Right-click a body with hidden faces in the Structure tree and select FaceSide or other surface of a solid. Some examples are the inside surface of a hole or the six sides of a rectangular solid. See Surface. to choose Inverse Face Visibility or Show All Faces.

To expand or collapse components

The top-level object displayed in the Structure tree (called Design1 in the image above) is a component.

To expand components:

• Click  or press ' + ' on the number pad to expand a component. You can also right-click the component and select Expand.

• Right-click any component (including the top-level component) and select Expand All or press ' * ' on the number pad to expand the component and all its subcomponents.

• To see hidden objects in a Curves group, click More curves. This is only visible when the group contains many curves.

To collapse a component, click  or press ' - 'on the number pad.

To rename objects

Right-click an object in the Structure tree and select Rename or press F2 to rename the selected object. You can also click the object, pause, then click again to rename it.

The top level component is automatically named when you first save your design, but you can rename it.

Multiple bodies selected in the Structure Tree can be renamed at once. The new name applies to the body for which it was entered. The remaining bodies are numerically incremented with a number appended to the name. This also applies to components.

To convert a solid to surfaces

1. Right-click the solid in the Structure tree.

2. Select DetachCreate separate surfaces from individual pieces of a sketch, or objects or faces in 3D. You can detach protrusions to move them with the Move tool's Detach First option. all.

   All faces on the solid will be detached from each other and will become surfaces.

To lock and unlock objects

Locking a solid or surface prevents any changes from being made to it.

1. Right-click the object and select Lock from the context menu to lock the object.
   • If you right-clicked a component, all the objects in the component that can be locked are locked.
2. Select Lock again to unlock the object.

To suppress objects from simulation (SCDM License Only)

Suppressing an object means it will not be included when you transfer to ANSYS for analysis.

1. Right-click an object (solid, surface, beam, component) in the Structure tree, or select multiple objects and right-click

2. Select Suppress for Physics.

   The objects are suppressed as indicated by the change in their icons.

To include suppressed objects in downstream analysis, right-click on them in the Structure Tree and select Activate for Physics.

Legacy models used Hidden/Visible settings to determine what was transferred to ANSYS for analysis. When these models are retrieved into session, the Suppress/Activate attribute will be set as follows.

• Hidden objects in legacy models are Suppressed.
• After first retrieval, there is no link between Visible and Active/Suppressed. These are totally independent things.
• Beam ProfileLineA straight line, arc, or spline drawn in Sketch mode or on a layout plane. Lines have length but no area. When you pull a sketch into 3D with the PullTool used to distort or deform geometry. Use the Pull tool to offset, extrude, revolve, sweep, draft, and blend faces; or to round, chamfer, or extrude edges. When converting a sketch to 3D, pulling a line creates a surface and pulling a surface creates a solid. tool, lines become edges. in space; outline of an object; used to describe objects when sweeping or blending. Parts are filtered out when searching for Suppressible objects..

Use the following commands to Hide/Show All Suppressed objects.

• Hide All Suppressed
• Show All Suppressed