About BOM Cross-highlighting

You can view BOM components and their related image in a 3D viewer at the same time. Highlighting a component in one view highlights the same component in the other view.

On premises only: The graphics driver version needs to be 347.52 or later. See the certified hardware list for more information: http://www.3ds.com/support/certified-hardware.

3DPlay is the 3D viewer installed with Engineering BOM Management.

Note: 3DPlay Cross-highlighting is not supported for products or parts synchronized with X-CAD Design Management.

You can set a user preference to specify whether to show or hide 3DPlay by default in the Engineering BOM category. See Web App Preferences.

To run 3DPlay:

  • Click the 3DPlay button in the Engineering BOM category for parts in Engineering BOM Management You can launch 3DPlay only in the EBOM tab, not the EBOM popup.
  • Click the 3DPlay button in the Navigator page for MCAD models in X-CAD Design Management.
  • View 3D or 2D images in the Image Manager page for objects in Common Components. The Image Manager must be configured for the object.

The first time you start 3DPlay, you must download it from 3DSpace Service and install it.

You can maximize the view in two ways:

  • Press F11. This maximizes the BOM structured list and the 3D panel.
  • Click the blue box in the upper right of the 3D panel. This maximizes only the 3D panel to fill the content window.

Select from the links below for information on BOM and 3DPlay Cross-highlighting:

This page discusses:

Bill of Materials

Before the EBOM page is loaded, a verification determines whether the part has a corresponding CGR (CATIA graphical representation) file. If the 3DPlay user preference is set to "Show," the 3DPlay channel displays. When you select parts in the BOM, the corresponding parts are highlighted in 3DPlay.

Likewise, when you select parts in the 3D view, the corresponding parts are highlighted in the BOM and the BOM automatically scrolls to the highlighted part, based on selection order. For example, highlighting the handlebar of a bicycle in the 3D view also highlights the handlebar component in the BOM and vice versa. You can select multiple parts using Shift+click.

Similarly, when the part is cleared in the Bill of Materials, it clears the part in the 3D view and vice versa.

To control the behavior of the 3D channel, click the "3D Show/Hide" icon in the EBOM toolbar.

  • By default the mode is "3D Hide," which means that on initial load, you do not see 3DPlay. At this time, the toolbar icon label is "3D Show."
  • Clicking "3D Show" sets the user preference to "Show" and the EBOM page refreshes to show the Bill of Materials and 3DPlay.

See Part Bill of Materials.

Search Within

After the Search Within command highlights the BOM nodes, click Highlight Selected to highlight the corresponding parts in the 3D view.

See Predefined Queries.

BOM Compare

When you compare two BOMs (call them BOM 1 and BOM 2), the 3DPlay tab provides a 3D view for each BOM. Cross-highlighting is enabled.

  • Upon selection of a node in the BOM compare report, the 3DPlay views from BOM 1 and BOM 2 are also selected.
  • Highlight color in the 3D view represents the type of difference in the BOMs.
  • If a part from the BOM 1 complete summary report is selected, the 3D view on the left panel is selected.
  • If a part from the BOM 2 complete summary report is selected, the 3D view on the right panel is selected.
  • If the compare line has both parts, both 3D parts in the left and right panels are selected.
  • Selecting leaf node objects in the 3DPlay window also selects and highlights the corresponding objects in the compare table. First expand the structure in the Bill of Materials before you access the BOM Compare Report, so that the leaf node objects are visible in the table.
  • You can use Shift+click to select multiple parts in either the compare results or in the 3D view.

See Generating a BOM Structure Comparison Report and About BOM Comparison Report Contents.

Role Information

For V5 users, 3D data information exists on part objects, so objects are visible for all users. For 3DEXPERIENCE users, 3D data information exists on product objects, which are not visible unless you belong to the same context project and organization with CATIA roles.

For example:

User1 has ctx::Design Engineer.Company Name.Default.

User2 has ctx::Reader.Company Name.Engineering.

User3 has ctx::Leader.Company Name.Engineering.

Data created by User3 is not visible to User1, but User2 can view the data because of CATIA roles.

  • Roles for baseline behavior are: Reader, Contributor, Author, Leader
  • Roles in customer-specific environment (CSE) mode are: VPLMReviewer, VPLMDesigner, VPLMLeader

For details, see People & Organizations and Content Guide: Business Roles.