How to find a boolean child

[GigiG]

Hi, is there a way to find a hidden boolean child from a 3D view selection? As an example, the cylinder shown in the figures. If I select the resulting hole, only the last resuting Part will be highlighted.

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OS: Linux Mint 21.1 (MATE/mate)
Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
Version: 0.21.
Build type: Release
Branch: unknown
Hash: 1faf86c3da12c1712e1d5ec015721d9aa02f8672
Python 3.10.4, Qt 5.15.3, Coin 4.0.0, Vtk 9.1.0, OCC 7.5.1
Locale: English/United States (en_US)
Installed mods: 
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  * Dracula 0.0.4
  * ExtremeProDark 2.8.0
  * ProDarkThemePreferencePack 1.0.0
  * Glass
  * Render 2023.2.5

[Shalmeneser]

Give name for each step ?
PardDesign wb construction tree is easier to find something.

[drmacro]

Do you know the name of what you seek? Right click on the document name in the tree view and select Search.

[papyblaise]

I guess you are a beginner, I think that seeing that you only use predefined elements
it would be easier by drawing sketches and making pads or pockets
to answer: a quick way to search is to go back down the tree by hiding the successive Cuts, the cylinder you are looking for will reappear at one step

[GigiG]

Thanks all, yes, in this case it would have been better to use a sketch but I'm actually wont to learn booleans.

[thomas-neemann]

this happens to me too from time to time. then i load the part in realthunder and move the mouse over the parts in the parts tree until the desired part lights up

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[GigiG]

Thanks a lot, I'll try. I'm new to Freecad branches and it seems to me that Realthunder is a Freecad branch. Which is the more effective way to install it and update it frequently?

this happens to me too from time to time. then i load the part in realthunder and move the mouse over the parts in the parts tree until the desired part lights up

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[thomas-neemann]

I wouldn't install it. i use it as appiumage in a linux virtualization because it caused problems on my native systsem with the master. I would only use realthunder for such purposes, or for visualization with shadows, etc

https://github.com/realthunder/FreeCAD/releases

[chrisb]

this happens to me too from time to time. then i load the part in realthunder and move the mouse over the parts in the parts tree until the desired part lights up

Does the object - in your case "Zylinder" - show on mouse hover even if it is hidden?

[thomas-neemann]

this happens to me too from time to time. then i load the part in realthunder and move the mouse over the parts in the parts tree until the desired part lights up

Does the object - in your case "Zylinder" - show on mouse hover even if it is hidden?

Yes, if I move the mouse over hidden parts in the parts tree, they are also highlighted in the 3D window (in realthunder)

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