Product Explorer

Engines | Product Explorer

Product Explorer helps in viewing the product tree as it comes from the original file. One of the most important uses of the Explorer is to hide and unhide the objects in the scene. The Product Tree in VCollab consists of a number of nodes arranged in a hierarchical manner. The connection between the nodes identifies the relationships between the nodes.

Engines | 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.

Engines | Product Explorer | Refresh

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

Engines | 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.

Engines | Product Explorer | -

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

Engines | Product Explorer | Ö

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
Engines | Product Explorer | Seek

• Focus to the selected node.
• Seeking an Object from Product Tree
• Select the node in the Tree with the Left Mouse Click
• Use Right Mouse and select Seek Option
• Selected Node is highlighted in the Viewer Window

Engines | Product Explorer | Views

This module of VCollab Pro allows the user to explore the Scene, prepare for Design Reviews, Walk through etc.

Creating user defined view points

Animate Camera	Animates between any two View Points
Animate All Cameras	Animates between all the User defined Viewpoints
Speed	Controls the speed of animation
Stop	Stops the animation
Add View Point	Adds a User Defined View Point
Delete User View Point	Deletes a User Defined View Point
Insert View Point	Inserts a View Point
Rename Viewpoint	Renames the existing View Point

Animate Camera

Check this box to enable this option
• Animating Camera
• Check this option On
• Click on the desired Viewpoint
Animates from the current location of the camera to the selected location

Engines | Product Explorer | Views | Animate All Cameras

This option is useful to create effective walkthroughs and to highlight some of the features in the Scene. This option is available for the user defined Viewpoints only and not for the Standard Viewpoints. Animation starts at the selected user defined Viewpoint and comes back to the same Viewpoint.