About View Filters

View filters can be applied to filter the background display of a specific view.

Elements that are visualized in the 2D and 3D backgrounds of a given 2D layout view can be originated from other views in the current layout, from other bodies under the 3D shape or from other 3D shapes within the assembly. Filtering views lets you visualize only those elements that are relevant for the design.

You can determine how you want to filter the views using two types of filters:

• Display filters that lets you to show in the background of the layout view only the elements that are referenced in the filters.
• Mask filters that lets you to show all elements except the elements that are assigned a specific visualization mode (overloaded) and referenced in such filters.

You can use explicit filters or object filters. You can create view filters Mechanical for any of the following view types:

• Projection views (front, top, bottom, left, right and rear).
• Isometric views.
• Section views, section cuts, auxiliary and axonometric views.

Important: New views are created with respect to the options selected in Me > Preferences > App Preferences > 3D Modeling > Mechanical Systems > 2D Layout for 3D Design > View Creation section, under Filter. For more information, see Filter.

A default filter is available in any existing 2D layout. A default filter is the first filter that appears in the list of filters. This filter is used to filter all the newly created views.

A default filter is followed by the phrase (As default filter) in the list of filters. By default, the filter at the top of the list is the default filter.

To edit the default filters, click More in the Change View Filter dialog box. In the Layout View Filters dialog box, you can perform the following operations:

• Select the default filter and click it to rename it. A message prompts you to confirm the renaming of the filter.
• Rearrange the filters using the Move up and Move down options. By default, any filter at the top of the list is the default filter. A message prompts you to confirm the change of the default filter when you rearrange the filters.
• Select and delete the default filter. A message prompts you to confirm the deletion of the default filter. Deleting a default filter makes the next filter the default filter. You must have at least one filter in the list.
• Select any filter in the list and click Set as default to make it a default filter.

View filters can be applied to filter specific elements in the background of any view. The elements you can filter are app-dependent and vary accordingly.

Not all elements can be filtered, the elements that you cannot filter are described below.

The table below summarizes the elements that cannot be filtered.

Elements
Bodies or ordered geometrical sets that are not instanced at the first level of the product structure
Elements contained in a part body.
3D shape features
CAA features
Volumes
3D measure elements.
Bodies that are the object of a Boolean operation.
Design views belonging to another layout, isometric views belonging to the same or another layout.

This sub-topic provides more information about equivalent filters.

When creating a view from a 3D Tolerancing & Annotation capture, the capture definition is saved in a layout as an equivalent filter (mask filter type). This is the only way to create an equivalent filter.

An equivalent filter is associative with its reference 3D Tolerancing & Annotation capture. A single filter can be created from a 3D Tolerancing & Annotation capture. If several 2D layout views are created from the same 3D Tolerancing & Annotation capture, the same equivalent filter is re-used to filter the created views.

Once created, the filters equivalent to 3D Tolerancing & Annotation captures are accessible from the Layout View filters dialog box and can be applied to any kind of layout views. These filters are not editable, but you can change their content by changing their reference capture.

See Creating a Filtered View From a 3D Tolerancing & Annotation Capture.

Background elements, visualization mode and status are parameters that constitute explicit filters. Explicit filters are shown in a dedicated area within the Edit Filter dialog box (in the upper area).The table below summarizes the available information in the explicit filters area.

Available information	Description
Background Element	Name and type of element referenced in the current filter.
Visualization mode	Name and visualization icon for the selected element (can be specified for a single element —a selected row within the table)
Filter status	Gives the current filter status and name. The status indicates the following situations: OK: The filter is compatible with the session parent product. It has been applied to the background of the views referencing it, if any. The status column is left empty. KO: The filter is ignored because the session parent product is different from it what it was when the explicit filter was created. An deactivation icon along with a message appear (deactivated in the current context).

Object filters (formerly referred to as PLM Filters) group elements of the assembly structure. You can retrieve this type of data to reduce the number of assembly elements referenced in the filters. For more about object filters, see Social and Collaborative Apps : Product Development - Model Based: Product Finder User's Guide: Filtering Data.

2D Layout visualization filters support object filters. They are shown in a dedicated area within the Edit Filter dialog box (in the upper area).The table below summarizes the available information in the object filters area.

Available information	Description
Filter name and type	Name and filter icon that indicates the type of filter (mask or display).
Visualization mode	Name and visualization icon for the selected element (can be specified for a single element —a selected row within the table)
Filter status	Gives the current filter status and name. The status indicates the following situations: OK: The filter is compatible with the session parent product and has been executed. It has been applied to the background of the views referencing it, if any. The number of filterable elements is given in the Status column. KO: The filter is ignored because it is not compatible with the session parent product. A message along with an icon appear (inactive in the current context) To be executed: The filter has not been execute. It has just been added to the list or is about to be run again.
Refresh/Run filters	The icon status indicates whether the filter should be executed at the next run of the execution (Run Filters / Ok) If the filter needs to be executed, this icon is in vivid color. If the execution is complete for the filter, the icon is unavailable. However, you can launch an execution again by clicking the icon.
Up and Down Arrows	The arrows allow you to move up and down a selected row.

This sub-topic provides miscellaneous information regarding view filters.

• You cannot change the filter type (Display, Mask or Equivalent) once it has been created.
• Filters do not change the graphic properties of elements in the filtered view, they simply overload them. Filters cannot show elements that are hidden in the 3D model, nor can they make pickable elements which are not pickable in the 3D model.
• Filters conform to the standard behavior of elements.
• You can select the objects to be filtered in Visualization as well as in Design modes; they do not change the current mode.
• When pasting to another layout a view to which view filters are applied, the filter is not pasted (therefore, the view is not filtered).
• When editing a multi-instantiated 3D shape layout in the context of a product, only the edited instance is affected by the filter, and only the sub-elements of the 3D shape reference can be filtered.
• Filtered elements may be impacted by the result of an operation (such as activating/deactivating the elements, changing its Hide, Low Intensity or No Pick property, cutting, deleting, etc.). Most operations are automatically supported and you do not need to perform an update. However, after having selected a feature or a Geometrical Set in the context of a Change Geometrical Set operation, you need to perform a manual update (using the Local Update command which is available when right-clicking the layout, sheet or view).
• You can launch Edit > Selection Sets and Edit > Search while the Edit Filter dialog box is running. However, only filterable elements are actually selected. You can also use the power input mode to launch a search query. For more information about selection sets, search operations and the power input mode, see 3DEXPERIENCE Native Apps.

A filter name uniqueness can be verified during creation and edition by selecting the appropriate check box in Me > Preferences > App Preferences > 3D Modeling > Mechanical Systems > 2D Layout for 3D Design > Administration section.

Case sensitivity in filter names is considered only when creating filters.

Select Ensure uniqueness of filter names check box in Naming Uniqueness section. For more information, see Administration.