Home Page

When you open your app from the Compass, the home page appears. The home page displays options to start your work in the app.

Note: When you refresh the app, it brings you to the home page of the app.

Options Descriptions
Restore Reopens the last component you had open and restores any changes that were saved temporarily (auto-saved).
New component Creates a new component. The New Component dialog box appears, where you can enter the name of the component and select the collaborative space where you want it to be stored. For more information, see Creating a Component.
Open Lets you search for an existing component to open. The 3DSearch window appears. You can choose the component, and it opens in the app. For more information, see Opening and Closing Components.
Import file Lets you select a file to import. The import dialog box appears and you can enter the details. For more information, see Importing Geometry.
Quick Tour Provides an embedded learning assistant that demonstrates several commands and simple functions in the app.
Drag and drop your content anywhere Lets you open a component in the app by dragging it from your local drive, 3DDrive, 3DSearch, or 3DSpace and dropping it in the work area. Files dragged from your local drive or 3DDrive are imported.
Note: When you drag-and-drop a CAD family object onto the home page, you are prompted to choose which configuration and revision to open.
Content & Knowledge > User Assistance Lets you access the app user guide in the User Assistance portal.
Content & Knowledge > Training Lets you access the app training materials.
Content & Knowledge > What's New Lets you access the new content for the app in the current release.
Recent Content

The home page also displays a list of recently used content. It displays the name of the physical product you had recently worked on, its thumbnail, and other related information. Click the physical product to open it in the work area. Content from all collaborative spaces is stored in one list. Each widget contains its own list.

If you have changes to a model that is saved temporarily (auto-saved) and not permanently in the database, you are prompted to choose if you want to open the restored version or revert to the permanently saved version. You can click Reload to discard your edits and reload the last saved version of the model from the database.

Idle Timeout Warning

If you remain inactive or idle for more than 65 minutes, a message appears alerting you that because of inactivity your session will expire in 5 minutes.

The warning message dialog box contains a 5 minutes timer. You can click Keep the session active to prevent your session from expiring.

If your session expires, you can click Restore to restore your expired session. Your current model is automatically reopened even if it was not saved.