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- Selection
- The view and browse modes in the Edit
Links and Relations dialog box vary whether you select objects first or launch the Links and Relations option before selecting objects:
Selection Object Relations Default View Mode Default Browse Content Displayed Nothing is selected in the tree or in the 3D area. Objects in the current product do not own a relation. List Current Editor - No content is displayed.
No relation matches the current filter message is displayed.
Objects in the current product own a relation. List Current Editor List of objects containing a relation. The component nodes are not expanded. One or more objects are selected in the tree or in the 3D area. Selected objects do not own a relation List Selection - No content is displayed.
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No relation matches the current filter message is displayed.
One object is selected in the tree or in the 3D area. A selected object owns a relation The default View mode is the one that was in use the last time you closed the Edit Links and Relations dialog box: List, Graph or Graph with Details. Selection - The object relation nodes are expanded.
- Context and Set roles in an object relation are expanded.
Several objects are selected in the tree or in the 3D area. Selected objects own a relation List Selection - List all objects containing a relation.
- The object nodes are not expanded.
Important: - To change the selection in the Edit Links and Relations dialog box, you can select a component either in the tree and the 3D area.
- To make an object selectable in the tree or in the 3D area, change the Browse mode to Selection, if nothing is selected when you run the Links and Relations command.
- Cross Highlight
- If you select an object in the Edit
Links and Relations dialog box,
using List or Graph View, the corresponding object is highlighted both in the tree and in the 3D area:
Clicking a Highlights Link Pointed and pointing elements Role's link Pointed and pointing elements Status' link Pointed and pointing elements Pointed element's link Pointed element Pointing element's link Pointing element Context's link Context