Navigation Section

The Navigation section of the action bar provides commands for selecting, navigating, opening, and filtering content.

Select
See Flyout for Selecting Objects.
Expand All
Expands all the branches of the selected PPR object down to its leaf components.
Expand with or without Representations
Activates or deactivates the retrieval of representations during an expansion operation.
See Expand With and Without Representations.
Explore Parents...
Explores the parent objects of the selected object.
See Explore Parents.
Volumic Search
Allows searching 3D objects in the structure, and exploring them in the navigation view without expanding and navigating through the whole structure.
Search in Context
Searches parts in context of an explored assembly, to have a minimal number of results and to explore the selected search results directly in the selected assembly context.
Notes:
  • This command only works for products.
  • When the 3D view is enabled, the tree extension is incorrect.
Open
See Opening PPR Content Using the Open Command.
Open Advanced...
See Opening PPR Content Using the Open Advanced Command.
Open in Read-Only
Opens the selected content in an authoring tab in read-only mode.
Filter...
Filters content using an explicit selection.
See Filter Content Using Explicit Selection.
Store Filter
Stores filter specifications for future use.
See Using Persistent Filters.
Retrieve Filters
Retrieves and applies persistent filters of the selected root object.
See Retrieve Persistent Filters for a Product.
Apply Filter
Applies a filter after you define its parameters.
See Apply a Filter.

Flyout for Selecting Objects

Select
Allows you to select objects.
Select Under...
Finds and selects specific nodes below the current selection.
See Select Under.