Using the Manufacturing View

You can access the Manufacturing View by clicking in the docking area on the left side of the work area. Two display options are available: a simple view that provides display and sorting options, and an advanced view that provides a detailed overview of additive manufacturing features.

The Manufacturing View is populated with features created in the Manufacturing Program.

This task shows you how to:

Using the Simple View: Tree Mode

  1. Click Manufacturing View in the docking area on the left side of the work area.
    The simple view is displayed by default.
  2. Select Switch to Tree Mode if you are in list mode.
  3. Select one feature in the Manufacturing View.
    It is highlighted in the work area.
    Tip: Standard commands such as Hide, Show, Cut, Copy, Paste, Delete are available in the context menus of the items, when relevant.
  4. Click Select Sorted View to select the items to be displayed.
  5. Select a column and click Select by String to highlight rows whose content correspond to a given text string.
    1. Enter any string in the Type field.
    2. Press Enter.
    Rows with the corresponding attributes are displayed.
  6. Select a column and click Filter Manager to hide or show attributes automatically.
    1. Optional: Enter a string in the text field to display only the rows that contain that attribute string.
    2. Click or to remove or apply a selected filter.
    3. Click Hide/Show All to remove or apply all filters

    Note: Parent rows containing child rows whose attribute is not filtered out are still displayed in the Resource Configuration View.

    Activities with the corresponding filtered attributes are displayed. When filtering is applied, the filter icon appears in the column header.
  7. Click Attribute Manager to open the attribute panel that displays a list of all the available attribute columns.
    1. Click Apply Hide/Show or to hide or show an attribute column.
    2. Click Hide/Show All Columns to hide or show all the attribute columns displayed in the tree.

      Note: You cannot hide the column Display Name.

    3. Enter a string in the text field to filter columns according to a specific attribute.
    4. Optional: Reorder columns using the up and down arrows.

    Note: You cannot reorder the column Display Name.

  8. Click Preset Manager to save column orders and filters as preferred displays.
    1. Enter a name for the preset in the text field and click Create Preset .
    2. Click Save current PPR spreadsheet configuration to save any modifications made to a given preset.
    3. Click Delete Preset to delete the selected preset.
    4. Click Load Preset to load an existing preset.
    5. Click Reset current PPR spreadsheet configuration to revert to the original view (after having applied multiple filters, for example).
  9. Click Export Content to export the contents of the tree to a .txt, .csv, or .tsv file format.
    1. Enter a file name.
    2. Specify a save location.
    3. Specify the format of the file: .txt, .csv, or .tsv.
    4. Click Save.

Using the Advanced View: List Mode

  1. Click Manufacturing View in the docking area on the left side of the work area.
    The simple view is displayed by default.
  2. Click Switch to List Mode .
    The Advanced View: Table listing the machinable axial features in the session is displayed.
    Note: You can click to switch back to the simple view.
  3. Click Select Sorted View, and then select the type of element to be displayed.
    Only the selected type is displayed in the Manufacturing View.
  4. Click Reframe On to reframe the view in the work area onto the selected features.
  5. Click Select By Attributes to automatically select features and highlight them in the work area for a selected group of properties.
  6. Select Delete Unused Features and select the type of features to delete.
    They are deleted from the Manufacturing View.
  7. Click Reset filter to display all features of a particular type in the session.
  8. Select a column and click Select by String to highlight rows whose content correspond to a given text string.
  9. Select a column and click Filter Manager to hide or show attributes automatically.
  10. Click Attribute Manager to open the attribute panel that displays a list of all the available attribute columns. For more information.
  11. Click Export Content to export the contents of the tree to a .txt, .csv, or .tsv file format. For more information, see Using the Simple View: Tree Mode