Defining Preferences for the Logical to Physical Assistant

The preferences of the Logical to Physical Assistant panel help you customize the assistant.

This task shows you how to:

Before you begin: Run the Logical to Physical Assistant . For more information, see Selecting the Objects to Analyze Using the Logical to Physical Assistant
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About the Logical to Physical Assistant

Customize the Selection Highlight

You can customize the highlighting of your selection in the tree or in the work area.

  1. In the Logical to Physical Assistant panel, click .
  2. Under Selection Highlight, select the option of interest:

    Option Description
    Do not highlight selection Turns off the highlighting of your selection in the tree or in the work area.
    Highlight selection Highlights the objects of the selected rows in the tree or in the work area. If you select:
    • With multiple selection: highlights all the selected rows in the tree and in the work area.
    • With details: highlights the selected row in the tree and in the work area.

Activate the Automatic Synchronization of Rows

You can turn on the automatic synchronization of physical objects after you achieve certain actions. You can customize each type of object independently using the tabs. The modification you apply for the selected tab only applies for this tab.

  1. In the Logical to Physical Assistant panel, click .
  2. Under If Allowed, Synchronize Rows After Actions., select the actions for which you want to turn on the automatic synchronization:
    Option Description
    Reconcile Synchronizes automatically the row in which you reconcile a physical to a logical object.

    For more information, see Creating and Deleting Implement Links.
    Replace Synchronizes automatically the row in which you replace a physical reference by another physical reference.

    For more information, see Replacing 3D References.
    Change Parent Synchronizes automatically the row in which you change a parent for another parent.

    For more information, see Assigning New Parents to Physical Objects.

Customize the Reconcile Command

You can customize the behavior of the Reconcile command.

  1. In the Logical to Physical Assistant panel, click .
  2. Under Reconcile, select or clear the following option:
    Option Description
    Search compatible elements based on links in systems previous revisions Searches compatible candidates based on the links that existed in the previous revisions of the system.

    When:

    • The method does not return any candidates
    • The option is cleared
    The reconciliation happens normally. For more information, see Creating and Deleting Implement Links.