Browsing Attributes

You can browse annotations and features exposing different types of attributes, such as geometrical attributes, manufacturing and knowledge parameters, failure modes, composite attributes, layered products, manufacturing requirements, etc.

  1. From the Annotation section of the action bar, click Attributes .
    The attributes of the features appear in the 3D area and in a panel with the tabs of disciplines docked together. Under the tabs, the attributes are listed under the nodes of the 3D shapes on which they are created.
    Note: You can undock the discipline to display the attributes in a separate panel.

    The following disciplines can appear as tabs:

    Icon Type of Attribute
    User Defined


    		3D Annotations


    		Mechanical


    		Electrical


    		Structure


    		Composite


    		Layered Product

    By default, the representation mode while saving the data is displayed while displaying the layered products. The representation mode can be between the following:

    • Flat
    • Elevated
    • Elevated no bonding



    		Geometrical

    You can filter the disciplines of the attribute panel using 3D Annotation Sets Filter Filtering Annotations .
    System 3D Architecture

    By default, the Row selection mode for this discipline is Highlight selected features and the Attribute display mode is In columns.

    You can filter the disciplines of the attribute panel using 3D Annotation Sets Filter Filtering Annotations .

    Note: When the widget width is smaller than 550 pixels, the attributes panel is automatically hidden after selecting any row or the Reframe On .
  2. Right-click on any of the columns to customize the display of the panel and attributes in it.

    Context Menus Description
    Pin column Lets you pin the selected column.
    • Pin Left: to attach the selected column on the left of the list
    • Pin Right: to attach the selected column on the right of the list
    • No Pin: to reset the default position of the column
    Size Column to Fit Resizes the width of the selected column on the current displayed parameter values.
    Size All columns to Fit Resizes the width of all columns on the current displayed parameter values.
    Custom Views Opens the Custom Views dialog box that lets you create and store the customized views of the panel.
    Expand All Rows Expands all the rows.
    Collapse All Rows Collapses all the expanded rows.
    Hide column Hides the selected column.
    Add Filter or Remove Filter Lets you add or remove a filter applied on the column.
    Note: For the Type column, you can select or clear check boxes for various types to show or hide certain types features, respectively.
    Row Selection Lets you choose how selected features are visualized in the 3D.
    • Highlight selected features: highlights the selected feature in the 3D area

      For layered products, the geometries are highlighted based on the selected representation mode. For example when the Flat mode is selected, only flat geometries are highlighted when a row is selected even if the elevated geometries linked to the same selected feature are displayed.

    • Display only selected features: displays only the selected features hiding all other features in the 3D area.

      For layered products, the geometries are displayed based on the selected representation mode. For example, when the Flat mode is selected, only flat geometries are displayed in 3D when a row is selected.

    By default, the Highlight selected features is selected for all the disciplines except for composites and layered products.

    Each discipline keeps its row selection saved in the local storage of the navigator.

    For composite features, if a feature pointing a rosette is selected, the rosette feature is highlighted or displayed. Also, if a composite or a layered product core sample feature is selected, the pointed plies or layers are displayed.

    For the layers of the layered products, instead of simply showing the 3D representation, the overall parent structure might be displayed and the selected layer is highlight in the 3D area.

    Attribute Display Lets you specify whether to display the attributes in rows or columns.

    Each discipline keeps its attribute list display saved in the local storage of the navigator.

    By default, the In columns is selected for all the disciplines except for composites and layered products.
    Delete Display History Removes the display history information of each row of the panel.

  3. Select an attribute to highlight or display the corresponding 3D representations in the 3D area.
  4. Right-click the attribute and select one of the following:

    • Reframe On : reframes on the selected attribute.
    • Expand All : expands all children elements of the selected attribute. This contextual command is available only if the selected line has at least one child.
    • Collapse All : collapses all children elements of the selected attribute. This contextual command is available only if the selected line has at least one child.
    • Export to CSV > All Visible Lines: exports all the visible technological features of the selected discipline into a CSV file.
    • Export to CSV > Selected Lines: exports all the selected attributes of the selected discipline into a CSV file.
    • Enable Sorting: Enables the sorting option ( or ) for each column of the attributes tables. These sorting options sort all the attributes in the alphanumeric order.

    • The CSV file is automatically downloaded in the Download folder of your computer. The title of the CSV file is the name of the current data in the session followed by an underscore and the associated discipline name.
    • The content of the CSV file takes into account the sort, reorder, and filter criteria during export. The current attribute display mode is also considered at export:
      • If the attributes are displayed in rows when the discipline is exported, the CSV file is made of:
        • A first line representing the visible columns (by default, title, name, value and type)
        • A list of lines representing the attributes of the technological features
      • If the attributes are displayed in columns, the exported attribute table is made of:
        • A first line representing all visible columns: title, type (if not filtered) and all visible attribute columns, if any
        • A list of lines representing all technological features
  5. Optional: For a composite data, select the core sample in the 3D area and then the Show feature additional information on the context toolbar.
    The panel entitled with the name of the selected core sample appears which displays the following information:
    • Graphical representation of the plies of the core sample
    • The direction cell of all the plies colored with the color of the direction definition provided by the rosette associated to the ply
    • Total thickness of the core sample (following the unit specified in the app-specific preferences)
    • Number of plies
    • List of all the plies and cores of the selected composite core sample under List of Entities

    When you select another core sample, its information is displayed in the panel.

    When one or several entities are selected, the name, direction, and thickness of the selected plies are displayed instead of the general information of the core sample.

    When you select an entity from the list, the associated ply geometry is highlighted in the 3D viewer and vice versa.

    When a cut piece or ply feature is selected from the attributes table, its draping direction is displayed in the 3D area.