Revealing Data Related to Geometry

In a given assembly, some geometrical objects may have data related to them, such as drawings or layouts originated from CATIA V5 (in SVG format). These layouts are directly associated to the selected geometry. You can reveal this data, and then preview it in a dedicated viewer.

  1. From the Tools section of the action bar, click Reveal Related Data .

    As long as this command remains selected, data related to objects you select is revealed.

    Note: You can use other commands while keeping Reveal Related Data selected.

  2. Click one or more geometrical objects.

    Note: You can select several objects using Ctrl. You can also use the level selector to select an object at a specific level.

    While the query is running, a shadow appears, blinking. If the selected objects have data related to them, a marker then appears.



    Note: You can Reveal Related Data in the invisible space just as you would in the visible space. When the object has related data, the marker appears only in the area in which the query takes place, independent of the Show / No Show selection. When you swap between the visible and invisible areas by clicking , the marker is not kept anymore.
  3. Click the marker .
    A panel appears, listing all data related to the selected objects, and indicating their type (layout, drawing, etc.). You can scroll this panel it contains many items.
    Tip: To avoid seeing this panel, and to preview all related data immediately, you can also double-click the marker .
  4. To choose the data to preview, do one of the following:

    Data to preview Action
    Only one piece of data Click it.
    Several pieces of data Ctrl + select them.
    Note: You can also select the check boxes available for each one.
    Specific pieces of data In the menu, select either Select All (previews all data), Layout Preview (previews all layouts), or Drawing Preview (previews all drawings).



    Tip: You can also double-click a layout to preview all layouts, or a drawing to preview all drawings.

    A preview of the data opens in the 3DPlay widget. If you selected several previews, each one opens in a different viewer.

    Note: Adding the 3DPlay widget to your dashboard adds all currently open previews to your dashboard.

  5. In the 3DPlay widget, choose from the following commands in the action bar.
    OptionDescription
    Pan Moves the camera. Click Pan then drag in any direction.
    Zoom In/Out Zooms in or out.
    Fit All In Fits the entire content in the viewer.
    Real Size Displays the real-size view of the data.
    Previous Switches to the previous sheet.
    Next Switches to the next sheet.
  6. Close the widget when done.