Displaying Objects

You can visualize the 3D representation of items, products, systems, operations, or resources in the 3D View panel. The 3D View List panel displays more information about these objects.

This task shows you how to:

See Also
About the 3D View
Using 3D View Options
Using Multiple 3D Views
Using the Contextual Menu

Select Objects

You can select objects from the tree or from the 3D area.

  1. To open the 3D View panel, click 3D View from the Authoring section of the action bar.
  2. To open the 3D View List panel, click List Shown in the 3D View panel.

    Tip: Drag one panel to the other to merge them into tabs of a single panel, or to dock one below the other.

  3. Press F3 to display the PPR tree.
  4. Select the desired objects:
    • From the tree: items, products, systems, operations, or resources.
    • From the 3D area: products or resources.

    Tip: To select several objects, hold Ctrl + Shift.

    The 3D representations of the objects are displayed in the 3D View panel and the selected objects are listed in the 3D View List panel.

Sort Objects

You can sort objects in the 3D View List panel.

At the top right of the 3D View List panel, click one of the following sort options:

  • No sort : Objects are listed in the tree order.
  • Sort alphabetically by build-up category : Objects are listed alphabetically within their build-up category.
  • Sort alphabetically : Objects are listed alphabetically regardless of their build-up category.

Show/Hide Objects

You can hide or show PRR objects in the 3D View panel using Hide/Show commands in the 3D View List panel.

  1. To open the 3D View panel, click 3D View from the Authoring section of the action bar.
  2. To open the 3D View List panel, click List Shown in the 3D View panel.

    Tip: Drag one panel to the other to merge them into tabs of a single panel, or to dock one below the other.

  3. To hide an object, select Hide next to the object.
    The 3D representation of the object is hidden in the 3D View panel.
  4. To show an object, select Show next to the object.
    The 3D representation of the object is displayed in the 3D View panel.
  5. To hide all the objects, at the top left of the 3D View List panel select Hide All .
  6. To show all the objects, at the top left of the 3D View List panel select Show All .

Filter Objects

You can filter items, operations or systems displayed in the 3D View List panel by build-up category or with a filter bar.

  1. To open the 3D View panel, click 3D View from the Authoring section of the action bar.
  2. To open the 3D View List panel, click List Shown in the 3D View panel.

    Tip: Drag one panel to the other to merge them into tabs of a single panel, or to dock one below the other.

  3. At the left of the search bar in the 3D View List panel, click the expand button to display the filter options.


    Note: The build-up categories displayed in the filter options are the same as the categories selected in the Display Options command in the 3D View panel.

  4. Select build-up categories in the filter options.
    The objects corresponding to these categories are displayed in the 3D View List.

    At the right of the search bar, the first number indicates the number of displayed elements in the 3D View List and the second, the number of displayed elements in the 3D View panel.

  5. To search for a specific object in the 3D View List, type a character string in the search bar.

    Note: The search is not case sensitive.

Remove Multiselected Objects

You can remove objects that you have multiselected using Ctrl + Shift from the 3D View and 3D View List panels.

  • To remove a single object: In the 3D View List panel, click Remove at the top right of the object.
  • To remove all the objects: In the 3D View List panel, click Remove at the top right of the panel.