Project-Explorer
The panel that is to the left of the graphics-area is the Project-Explorer.
It has three sections.
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The Selection-Window shows the list of elements that you CLICK or SHIFT + Click in the graphics-area or Element-Explorer (see below). |
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The Command-Manager does not show with all commands. New commands add new elements to the model. To do many commands you must select other elements from the model. The Command-Manager is a small interface that has a selection-box for each element you must select to add the new element. You can select the element for each selection-box from the graphics-area or Element-Explorer (see below). |
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The Element-Explorer shows the names of the elements that are in the Model-Editor and in the Mechanism-Editors. The Element-Explorer has three trees, but shows only two trees at a time. Which two trees is a function of the editor-type. In the Model-Editor and Mechanism-Editor types, the trees: •Assembly-Tree - see image •Kinematics-Tree - if necessary, click Rebuild Now to compile the Kinematics-Tree In the Part-Editor type, the trees are the: •Assembly-Tree - see image •Geometry-Tree - if necessary, click Rebuild Now to compile the Geometry-Tree |
