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.

MD-PROJECT-EXPLORER-SELECTIONWINDOW

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).

MD-PROJECT-EXPLORER-COMMANDMANAGER

Command-Manager

Commands add new elements to the model. To do many of the commands, you must select other 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 from the graphic-area or Element-Explorer (see below).

MD-PROJECT-EXPLORER-ELEMENTEXPLORER

Element-Explorer

The Element-Explorer shows the elements that are in the Model-Editor and Mechanism-Editors.

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

In the Model-Editor and Mechanism-Editors, the trees are the:

Assembly-Tree - see image

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

In the Part-Editor, the trees are the:

Assembly-Tree

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