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A bar at the top of the FeatureManager is called the Freeze bar (refer to Figure 2.15), and it
locks the features that are above it from being rebuilt or edited. To enable it, go to Tools ➢
Options ➢ General. You can position it just like the Rollback bar.
Figure 2.17
Split featuremanager
with Propertymanager
on the bottom

Looking at the FeatureManager Filter
One of the most useful elements of the FeatureManager is the FeatureManager filter. The filter
resides at the top of the FeatureManager. If you type text in the filter, SolidWorks searches
feature names, descriptions, comments, tags, and dimension names for text matching the
string, and it shows only matching features in the window. This also works in assemblies,
where you can filter for part names or document properties. The filter is very useful for
quickly finding parts, features, mates, or anything else that shows up in the part or assembly
FeatureManager.