Using the External View

You can define the Generative Shape Design feature that is to be seen when working with another app, such as Generative Structural Analysis for example.

Before you begin: Create a 3D shape containing geometric elements.
  1. From the View section of the action bar, click External View .
    The External View dialog box appears.
  2. In the Selected element box, select the element belonging to an ordered geometrical set that should always been seen as the current element when working with an external app.
  3. Click OK.
    The selected element will be the visible element in other apps, even if other elements are created later in the representation, chronologically. To check whether an external view element has already been specified, select Tools > External View... again. The dialog box will display the name of the currently selected element. This also allows you to change elements through the selection of another element.

    Note that you cannot select an external view element again and that only one element can be selected at the same time.