The very first 3D part that I ever worked on was a 3 Phase Motor. But, the model came from the manufacturer and had hundreds of features. I only needed the basic features. My thought was that a "simplify" button would be nice. Such a tool would no doubt be complex but would be very handy for just showing the clearances/ hole position etc. when the part was in an assembly.
One thing that would be needed for this and possibly an approach would be to identify various features as being "complex" or "basic". The complex features would then be suppressed/ un-suppressed, depending on the state of the part, (ie. complex or basic).
Has anyone seen something like this? Does anyone agree that this wold be helpful? Any other ideas?
EdT