View and edit the construction history of an object
 
 
 

How to edit an existing object by altering the history of how it was created.

Construction history allows you to do two things:

Editing construction history automatically updates the object.

See Construction history.

Open the History View

Sort the objects by the tool used to create them

View how an object was created

  1. In the History View window’s List menu, choose Active.
  2. Pick the object.
  3. Click the arrow next to the name of the object.

    The list shows the operation’s constructors and target (result).

    TipPress and hold the on the name of an object in the History View window to highlight the object in the modeling windows.

Change the tool options used to create an object

Edit tool option history by clicking an object

  1. Choose Object Edit > Query Edit .
  2. Click the object.

    If the object has editable history, the Query edit tool will automatically select the appropriate tool for editing.

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