Anchored parts or assemblies in Design Exploprer

[ntar827]

Anchored parts or assemblies in Design Exploprer

I keep my Design Explorer column as narrow as possible to maximize my working window. It is not possible to see if a part or assembly is anchored without first expanding the Design Explorer.

It would be nice if anchored parts or assemblies could be indicated by a color or a small symbol in front of the name. Would then be able to see all anchored parts before trying a move or constraint.

Thanks

Nick

 

[siggy]

Version 8.0 already does this. A red anchor icon is superimposed over the blue part icon whenever a part is anchord. This is in addition to the wording that is appended to the right of the part name. Take a look at page 218 of the AD 8.0 User's Guide

 

[ntar827]

I am using version 8 and this is not the case. Is there a setting for the color and anchor?

Thanks

Nick

 

[siggy]

As far as I can tell there is only one default behavior/color. Interesting that your installation doesn't do this as I have just tested mine again and seems to work as advertised. Both individual parts and subassemblies in my top level assembly shows the red anchor icon when anchored.

 

[MikeHenry]

FWIW, I'm running Alibre Pro 8 and anchored parts show the same symbol on my system that siggy refers.

Mike

 

[Gaspar]

Hi,

I've been using AD since V6 and the red anchor has always been there.

No special settings as far as I can tell.

Here you see 3 parts. First and last anchored, middle one not anchored.