Defining an object as current lets you not to take the complete 3D shape into
account. This proves useful for the analysis or the better understanding of the
design.
A current object is a feature or a geometrical element indicating the
location for the next object you will create, in the tree.
New objects are created just below the current object. Once created, a new
element in turn becomes the current object.
A current object also allows you to restrict the view of the 3D shape to some features only. Defining an object as
current affects the work area. The app shows all the features located above the
current object included, in the tree, not the features located below the current
object.
There is always only one current object in the tree.
How to Define Current Objects
Current objects can be defined as current in two ways:
With the Define in Work Object contextual command.
For some reasons, you may want to define objects as current yourself.
You can do that using the Define in Work Object contextual
capability as explained above.
Automatically: when creating features, the app automatically
defines objects as current. When editing features (double-clicking them),
these features become current too.
More About Define in
Work Object
You should keep in mind the following:
When deleting a current object, the feature
located just above it becomes the current object.
Some objects cannot be defined as current.
These objects are (non-exhaustive list):
3D shapes
Sketcher elements
Reference planes
Relations
Constraints.
Define in Work Object
is available for geometrical sets, but not for objects located within
geometrical sets.