Opening a 3DShape in a Favorite Context

Optionally, when dropping a 3DShape in the widget, you can automatically open the favorite context attached to it, if any.

Working in a favorite context improves productivity by immediately showing you the required geometry. You do not need to manually open the relevant product.

Before you begin:
  • A favorite context must have been defined in a native app. For example, in 3D Tolerancing & Annotation.
  • By default, after dropping a 3DShape, you can decide if you want to open it in a favorite context or not. If you prefer to systematically open favorite contexts, from the Tools section of the action bar, select Always open in favorite context in the Favorite section.
To open a 3DShape context, do either of the following:

  • Select the 3DShape representation (containing 3D annotations or not), and from the View section of the action bar, click Favorite Context .
  • From the View section of the action bar, click Favorite Context , and select the 3DShape representation (containing 3D annotations or not).
Tips: You can select several representations.

The root product of the favorite context is added, and replaces the representation.

3D annotations stored in the representations are automatically loaded. If a favorite occurrence is defined in the favorite context, annotations are loaded from it. Otherwise, annotations are loaded from the first occurrence to this representation retrieved in the product loaded in the widget.