3: Project-Explorer

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3: Project-Explorer

3r Project-Explorer

The Project-Explorer is to the left of the graphic-area.

It has three(3) areas:

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Selection-Window

The Selection-Window shows the list of elements that you CLICK, or SHIFT+CLICK, in the graphic-area or Element Explorer (see below).

Right-click any element in the Selection-Window to show a contextual-menu.

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Command-Manager

Commands add new elements to the model. To do many of the commands, you must select elements that are in 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.

Select elements for each selection-box that are of the correct element-type from the graphic-area or Element-Explorer (see below).

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Element Explorer

The Element Explorer shows the elements that are in the model.

The Element Explorer has three(3) trees, but shows only two(2) trees at one time.

In the Model-Editor and a Mechanism-Editor, the two trees are the:

Assembly-Tree - see image

Kinematics-Tree (If necessary, click Rebuild Now to compile the Kinematics-Tree)

In the Part-Editor, the two trees are the:

Assembly-Tree

Geometry-Tree (If necessary, click Rebuild Now to compile the Geometry-Tree)