Using the Display Only Parents Option to Retrieve a Creation Context

You can use the Display Only Parents capability while editing a functional feature. It displays the minimum creation context of the feature being edited by deactivating the feature and all the features which are not parents from it. It works as a filter to facilitate the selection of faces and edges.

This capability is mainly useful for local modifiers such as drafts, chamfers and fillets features that use face or edge selections.

This task shows you how to use the Display Only Parents capability after changing an edge into a spline.

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  1. Double-click the spline in the specification tree to enter the Sketcher.

  2. Delete the spline as shown.



  3. Click Profile and draw a line to join Point.5 and Point.6. This is to change the deleted spline into a simple line.



  4. Click Exit Workbench.

    The Update Diagnosis dialog box is displayed, indicating that three features cannot build themselves.



  5. Click Edit to edit EdgeFillet.7.

    A warning message is displayed, indicating that two edges cannot be used.

  6. Click OK to close the message.

    The Edge Fillet Definition dialog box is displayed.

  7. Click Display Only Parents.



    EdgeFillet.7, EdgeFillet.9 and Draft.3 are deactivated. Consequently, you are now able to select the missing edge.





       

  8. Select the two yellow edges.

    They turn red.

  9. Click OK in the Edge Fillet Definition dialog box.

    The EdgeFillet.7 line has disappeared from the Update Diagnosis dialog box.

  10. Select EdgeFillet.9 and click Edit.

    A warning message is displayed, indicating that one edge cannot be used, the Edge Fillet Definition dialog box is displayed.

  11. Click OK.

  12. Edit Draft.3.

    After a warning message, the Draft Reflect Line Definition dialog box is displayed.

  13. Click Display Only Parents.

  14. Select EdgeFillet.9.



  15. Click OK.

    The 3D shape is rebuilt.