Switching Apps

You can switch from one app to another provided they support the transition mechanism. Switching from one app to another changes your working context. Each app has a specific set of commands, capabilities and behavior that you may not find in another app.

This task shows you how to:

Switch Between Dashboard Apps
Switch from a Dashboard App to a Native App

Switch Between Dashboard Apps

Click the Compass.
Click an app icon.

When a widget has the focus, or when it is unpinned, maximized, or displayed in full screen, the selected dashboard app replaces the dashboard app that is open.

Switch from a Dashboard App to a Native App

You can switch from a dashboard app to a native app in CATIA V5 or 3DEXPERIENCE to explore or edit the content in the native CAD.

Before you begin:

To build your working session from the source app, you can select the content you want to open or explore in the native app. The table below lists the different behaviors depending on the source and target apps:


Source Dashboard App	Target Native App	Behavior
Product Structure Editor Product Structure Explore 3D Compose 3D Navigate Bookmark Editor	Authoring app	The branch (the node in context) corresponding to the selected object opens in the target app. If you select several objects of the structure in the source app, they open in the same tab in the target app In case of cumulative openings of objects of the structure in the target app, the objects open in the same tab. If you specify a viewpoint or hide/show status in the source app, they are kept in the target app.
	Finder app	Only the root of the selected object is explored in the target app. You can expand the structure with the Expand all command. Multiselection in the source app is not supported. If you specify a viewpoint or hide/show status in the source app, they are not kept in the target app.
Other dashboard app	Authoring or Finder app	The selected object is opened or explored as root and without context in the target app. Multiselection in the source app is not supported. Only the last selected object is opened or explored. When switching to an authoring app, in case of cumulative openings of objects of the structure in the target app, the objects open in different tabs. If you specify a viewpoint or hide/show status in the source app, they are not kept in the target app.

Click the Compass.
Click the icon of a native app.

The native CAD is automatically launched and the content is loaded in the target app. If you did not select any object in the source app, an empty CAD is launched.

Important:

You cannot open file-based X-CAD content as root in a 3DEXPERIENCE native CAD.
You can open 3DEXPERIENCE content with CAD master as root in a 3DEXPERIENCE native CAD, except for representations.

Notes:

Cumulative openings are performed in the same instance of the CAD.
When opening a product structure object in CATIA V5 from Product Structure Editor, you can select one or more linked CAD documents to open along with the object. For more information, see Product Structure Editor: User Interface: Action Bar: View Section.