MotionView User's Guide

Graphic Entity Attributes Panel - Entity List Tree

Graphic Entity Attributes Panel - Entity List Tree

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Graphic Entity Attributes Panel - Entity List Tree

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For MBD models, the entity list tree organizes the graphical entities contained in a model by category.  The category defaults to Graphic, however other categories can be selected by using the category drop-down menu.  Each category type shows graphical entities which are organized with respect to the type of entity chosen.

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Entity list tree

All

Click All to select all entities in the entity list.

None

Click None to deselect all highlighted entities in the list.

Flip

Click Flip to exchange the currently selected entities for the unselected entities in the list.

Clear

Click Clear to clear the entities in the list.

Graphical entities are meant to provide a visual representation of the model.  You can have primitive graphics in your model, or you can create user defined graphics where the user defined graphics are a collection of primitive graphics.

The Graphics Entity Attributes panel allows you to control the visualization parameters of these graphics.  You can use the panel to turn the graphical display on or off, to visualize the ID of the entity or to use the entity in a “fit” of the model window.  In addition, the meshing options as well as the color of the graphical entities can be controlled from this panel.

In order to change the attributes of an entity, it must first be selected either from the list tree or picked from the graphics area.  Attributes apply only to selected entities.

Entities can be selected from the list tree in groups or individually.  When an entity type is selected from the entity option menu, only that entity type can be picked from the MotionView window.  For example, if only components are displayed in the list tree, only the components displayed in the MotionView window can be picked; none of the other entities can be picked.

When you select an entity from the screen, it is highlighted in the entity list tree.  The entity list tree also reflects how each entity is displayed on the screen.  For example, if you pick Comp 1(1) from the entity list tree and choose the mesh line display, , the button next to Comp 1(1) is displayed in mesh line mode.  The component ID, (1) for example, is always displayed in the entity list.

When you select ID to be displayed, the ID is displayed on the screen next to the mouse cursor for a selected part or component.  Select Sort by ID to list the components in ascending order, by ID.

After you create a group, it is displayed on the Entity Attributes panel.  Similarly, when you load a model and it contains 1-D, 2-D, or 3-D components, the components are sorted into their respective group.  Click the Entity filter and select Groups to view the groups and their components.

hmtoggle_plus1To select a single entity from a folder:
1.From the General Actions toolbar, select the Graphic Entity Attributes panel, palette-24.
2.Expand the folder that contains the entity you want to select.
3.Click on a name from the expanded folder.

The selected entity is highlighted in the MotionView window.
hmtoggle_plus1To select all of the entities in a folder:
1.From the General Actions toolbar, select the Graphic Entity Attributes panel, palette-24.
2.Next to the Graphic list, click All from the entity option menu.

The entities in the model are displayed in the list-tree and grouped by folder.

3.Click on a folder name in the list-tree.

All the entities contained in the folder are selected and highlighted in the MotionView window.
hmtoggle_plus1To apply an attribute to a noncontiguous range of entities:
1.From the Entity Attributes panel, hold down the CTRL key.
2.Select entity names from the folder in any order.

The selected entities are highlighted on the screen and in the entity list tree.

3.Click on an attribute.

The attribute is applied to the noncontiguous range of entities.
hmtoggle_plus1To select entities using the selection buttons:

From the Entity Attributes panel:

•Click All to select every entity in the list-tree.

OR

•Click None to deselect all highlighted entities in the list-tree.

OR

•Click Flip to exchange the currently selected entities for the unselected entities in the list-tree.

OR

•Click Displayed to select the entities in the list-tree that are currently displayed in the active window.