The following procedures are used to navigate through the Step Manager dialogs:
| • | When the Step Manager window is minimized or it is behind the Engineering Solutions window, restore it by clicking the Step Manager button in the Abaqus Utility menu. |
| • | Double click on a cell entry to open the corresponding editing window. |
| • | The first row contains a list of all initial condition (or model) load collectors. Double click on an Initial Condition name to open the corresponding dialog for defining initial condition loads. |
| • | Right-click on a table to display menu options. Examples of options are Display: all, Display: none, Display: reverse, Text review, Review Load collectors, Reset review, Review Options, Reorder, Export: all, and Export: none. The Text review and Review load collectors options work like the Text and Review buttons, respectively (see Abaqus Step Manager: Load Step Dialog). The Reset review option clears the highlighted selections. |
| • | Table columns can be resized by positioning the cursor along a column border, pressing the left or right mouse button, and dragging the border to a new position. |
| • | The shift or CTRL key combined with a left-click can be used to select multiple items in a table. |
| • | To display bubble help, place the cursor over a button for a few moments. |
| • | Press CTRL and the left or right arrow key to move the cursor within the active cell. Use the left, right, up, and down arrows to change the active cell. |
| • | Right-click on the Review button to clear the highlighted selections. |
| • | If you create, update or delete steps, load collectors, output blocks, components, groups, properties, or entity sets from panels while the Step Manager is open, click the Sync button to update the Step Manager with the new changes. |
| • | In some fields in the Step Manager, you can access the Entity browser, which is available via the (…) button. The Entity browser makes it more convenient to view and sort long lists of components or other entities when selecting them for the field. |
