Left panel - Browser
Icons
In the upper left part of the dialog box, there are some icons to control the tree view display:
Some icons appear in the TreeView to indicate that the elements contains particular information:Assembly Name in Bold Blue Font - it means it has AutoNaming
- it means it has Attachments
- it means it has Revisions
- it means it has PostIt Note
- it means it has Status Color
- it means it is a linked file and
the path.
Actions
- Select in the Scene the selected TreeNodes
- Update the TreeViews, Refresh, Expand and Collapse All
- Select Element in BOM Grid (only active when there is a BOM grid)
- Hide Selected Elements, Hide Unselected and Show All
- Ghost Selected Elements, Ghost Unselected, UnGhost All
- Zoom on Selected ItemEach click rotates the view by 90 degrees, but if the item is selected in the scene, the first click shows it in the browser and in the BOM tab
- Set Trasparent All Other Parts
- Suppress All Other Parts
- Suppress/UnSuppress the Selection
- Exchange Selection
- Create new configuration (only active when use Suppress All Other Parts)
BOM Management
icons to manage the BOM:
- Create BOM
- BOM Settings
- Open Settings Dialog…
- Open BOM Configuration Manager…
Utils
and some utility icons:
- Search by Properties
The results will be shown in the Search tab (see bottom of this page)
- Set TreeView Sort Option
Sorts by PartName, Creation date, PartNumber or Category; the last option sets the new sorting to the SceneBrowser
- Search and Replace Text inside elements
- Rename Children Parts (active only when an assembly is selected)
Tabs
In the bottom edge there are four tabs:
Scene Browser
It is the same tree view as the scene
By Type
Is a treeview divided by type of elements grouped automatically into: assemblies, empty assemblies, parts, sheetmetals, 3D curves, external links, fasteners and steels; it is also possible - with the right click - to Suppress/Unsuppress all elements in the group.
Included in BOM
Shows the elements included in the BOM, or those not included or see them both (with the combobox below you can choose how to see them)
Search
This tab containing the results of the search function;
search for a multiple fields:
search for a Status filter:
or the result of Search by Properties.
For how to set the search function see here .