Tree view

Introduction
The tree view appears in the tab of the combo view; it shows all user defined objects that are part of a FreeCAD document. The tree view is a representation of the document's structure, and indicates what information is saved to disk.

These objects don't necessarily have to be geometrical shapes visible in the 3D view, but can also be supporting data objects created with any of the workbenches.



Working with the tree view
By default, whenever a new object is created, it is added to the end of the list in the tree view. Then, the tree view allows managing the objects to keep them organized; it permits creating groups, moving objects inside groups, moving groups inside other groups, renaming objects, copying objects, deleting objects, and other operations depending on the commands available in the contextual menu which also depends on the currently active workbench.

Many operations create objects that are dependent on a previously existing object. In this case, the tree view shows this relationship by absorbing the older object inside the new object. Expanding and collapsing the objects in the tree view shows the parametric history of that object. In this case, objects that are further inside others, are older, while objects that are on top are newer, and depend on the older objects. By modifying the interior objects, the parametric operations propagate all the way to the top, generating a modified result.





Actions
Right clicking on the tree view shows commands: