Option

Description

Create

Creates a Part Assembly, Part, or Component. If Create is invoked in the white space of the browser, the entity will be placed in the root level (Model).  If Create is invoked on an entity, such as a Part Assembly, the resulting entity will reside in the selected entity.

If a part contains components, and it is selected as the current part, then part assemblies and parts cannot be created from the context menu when you right-click in the white space of the browser.

Delete

Deletes the selected entity.

Select the Delete Part Contents checkbox to delete the selected entity and all of its contents. For example, if Delete is invoked on a Part Assembly that contains a Part (also containing a Component), then the Part Assembly, Part, and Component will be deleted from the model.

Rename

Enables you to rename the selected entity in the browser.

Alternatively, entities can also be renamed in the Entity Editor, General Information section.

Make Current

Sets the selected entity to current. The current collector status is indicated in bold.

Only applicable to parts.

Move under Current

Moves the selected entities to the current entity.

Not applicable to PDM parts.

Move Contents to Current

Moves the selected part's component(s) to the current entity.

Only available for parts.

Representations

Displays the Representations sub-menu.

Library

Displays the Library sub-menu.

Save Part Assembly As

Saves the currently selected Part Assembly to a HyperMesh binary file. All child Parts and Components and the Part structure are saved.

XRef Entities

Invokes the References browser for the selected entities, which displays any referenced entities in the model.

Review

Invokes Review mode, which displays selected entities irrespective of their display state, masked, active state (Entity State browser), but not outside of the spherical clipping (if enabled).

Show

Displays the selected entity in the graphics area. A shaded entity icon in the Part browser indicates that the entity is displayed in the graphics area.

Hide

Hides the selected entity in the graphics area

An opaque entity icon in the Part browser indicates that the entity is not displayed in the graphics area.

Isolate

Isolates the selected entity in the graphics area, and hides all other entities.

Collapse/Collapse All

Collapses the selected entity folder(s).

Collapse All is only available when you invoke the context menu by right-clicking in the white space of the browser.

Expand/Expand All

Expands the selected entity folder(s).

Expand All is only available when you invoke the context menu by right-clicking in the white space of the browser.

Column Visibility

Invokes the Column Visibility dialog, from which you can add or remove Part attribute columns in the browser.