Filtering a Product

Product Filtering filters a product into a new product to protect the intellectual property of the original product. The original product can be a product with a shareable or non-shareable representation, or a 3D Part.

  1. Select a product node.
  2. Enter an identification string on the right of the product name.
  3. Click the arrow to expand the dialog box and select required options.
  4. Optional: Under In product and representation, select the Attributes check box.
  5. Optional: Under In representation, select the Colors check box, then the required option.

    When you select Colors, the dialog box expands automatically to display possible options.

    Note: Graphic attributes other than color and transparency (line type, thickness, symbol, ...) are copied with their default value regardless of the status of this option.

  6. Optional: Select the Layers and filters definition check box to transfer layers definition (layer number and name), filters definition (filter name and definition) and the current filter and layer.
  7. Optional: Select the Keep annotations check box to transfer 3D Tolerancing & Annotation data (FTA) and 3D Tags from Generative Shape Design found in the shape representation of the product to filter.
    1. Optional: Select the Contains the string check box to restrict the filtering process to 3D Tolerancing & Annotation captures with a name containing a string you provide.
  8. Optional: Select the Publications check box.
  9. Optional: Select the Selection sets check box to transfer them.
  10. Optional: Select the Keep 2D Layout for 3D Design data check box to transfer them.

    Note: 2D Layout for 3D Design data can be processed only if they can be visualized in the work area. 2D Layout for 3D Design data that are in No-show in the origin product are transferred and are in No-show in the result product.

  11. Optional: Select the Material check box to transfer the material information.

    Material applied to faces is not taken into account.

  12. Optional: Select the Specifications of sketches check box.
  13. Optional: Select a Visualization Filtering option.