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Link Entity Browser Configuration Window

Link Entity Browser Configuration Window

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Link Entity Browser Configuration Window

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To open the Browser Configuration dialog, right-click in the Link Entity browser and select Configure Browser from the context menu. Use the options available in this dialog to alter the columns that display in the Link Entity browser, and change how special features, such as the find between, operate.

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Direct Link Only

By default, both indirect and direct links are displayed in the Connector Entity browser. In both the Part link view and Component link view, to only display direct links, select the Direct link only checkbox in the Browser Configuration dialog, Local Options section. Selecting this checkbox does not turn off the display of indirect links for both Part and Component link views. In the Component link view, with Direct link only selected, indirect links will be turned off for components only. If you also want to turn off the display of indirect links for parts, go to the Part link view and select Direct link only in the Browser Configuration dialog.

 

About Indirect Links

By default, a node link is also displayed as a component link in the Component link view. For example, components are shown as a link when a node that belongs to an element belongs to a component, an element belongs to a component, or a surface belongs to a component.

When Direct link only is selected, the Part link view only displays real part links and the Component link view only displays real component links. Use the table below to determine which link types will be interpreted as a component or park link based on view you are using.

Link Type

Component Link View

Part Link View

Direct link only: off

Direct link only: on

Direct link only: off

Direct link only: on

Nodes

yes

no

yes

no

Elements

yes

no

yes

no

Components

yes

yes

yes

no

Assemblies

yes

no

no

no

Parts

no

no

yes

yes

Properties

no

no

no

no

Surfaces (geom)

yes

no

yes

no

Tags

no

no

no

no

 

Find Connectors Between With

Enables you to dictate the behavior of the find between tool.

•Minimum two selected links: only connectors that link to at least two selected entities will be affected. Connectors with only one link to any of the selected entities will be ignored.
•Exact selected links: only connectors that link to the selected entities will be affected. This can vary from the Minimum two selected links option, because connectors with three or more links which link two selected entities with at least one unselected entity, would still be found by the Minimum two selected links option but not by this one.
•All selected links: any connector shared by the selected entities will be found.
Note:connectors which link selected entities to any unselected ones will not be found, as they are not located between the selected entities.

 

Filter View on Show/Isolate/Find (affects all views)

This filter is the only filter that works on both browser lists simultaneously. Once activated, when performing a show, isolate or find operation, the link entity list and the connector list are filtered down to the considered entities.

See below example, which shows the isolation of the windscreen components including their attached connectors.

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The strings entered in the Query Builder (last_celink_review) and (last_ce_review) illustrate that the lists have been filtered. To remove the filter and display the full lists, click "x" on the right side of the Query Builder.

The last review filter can be reused in the Query Builder, and can also combined with other attribute filters. The image below displays a list of available filters for the connector list.

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Autofit

Use this option in combination with the other view option toggle buttons and show, hide, isolate, or isolate only, or in combination with the advanced action buttons. After an action is performed, the newly found connectors are placed in the middle of the screen. If this option is used in combination with one of the previously mentioned buttons, it works like a pure fit view.

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Link entity Isolated with the Autofit option activated

 

Stripe Background

Alternates the background colors of each line in the browser.

 

Autocolor visualization Mode

With this mode activated, the Connector browser takes over the control of the element visualization mode from the Visualization panel. Elements will be colored by component, by property, or by part, depending on which connector link view is activated.

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See Also:

Query Builder