Product Explorer

 

Product Explorer helps in turning on/off the visibility of selected parts as well as allows users to move to a specific predefined viewpoint or play predefined animations

Product Explorer | Highlight Node
This option is provided as a check box. If this checked on, then each time a node is clicked in the Product Tree, it will be highlighted in the Viewer Window with a Bounding Box.

Product Explorer | Refresh
Use the Refresh button to refresh the Product Tree displayed in the Product Explorer window

Product Explorer | +
The Product Tree consists of a set of nodes arranged in hierarchical manner. Click on the”+” symbol in the Product Tree adjacent to the node to expand to the children beneath it if they exist.

Product Explorer | -
Click on the ”-” symbol in the Product Tree adjacent to the node to collapse all its children beneath it if they exist.

Product Explorer |

Click on this tick mark symbol to hide the selected Node. Once hidden, the object is not visible in the Viewer Window, however the node is still available in the Product Tree but without the Tick mark indicating that the object is hidden.

The Hidden object / Node can be restored either clicking on the empty box where the tick mark was present- in which case the tick mark re-appears or by using the Tools | Options | While Reset Show Hidden Objects Options.


The Hidden Objects / Nodes can be stored using the Tools | Options | Store Hidden Objects. Objects / Nodes hidden in one session can be restored during a subsequent session by using Tools | Options | Restore Hidden Objects provided the loaded geometry both during the Store and Restore are the same.