Collection Items Page

The Items page for a Collection lists the contents, including basic details about the items contained in the collection. You can use this page to access the objects, add additional objects to the collection, or remove objects from the collection.

To access this page:

  1. List the available collections. See Collections Page.
  2. From the Collections page, click the Name of the collection.

You can only add objects to a collection. New/Add to Collections is not available from the toolbar or from the context menu for non-object data.

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Page Toolbar Icons

Columns

This page might contain other columns depending on the types of objects added to the collection.

Column Description
Name Click the Name to see details about the item.
Rev Item revision number or code
Type The type or subtype of the item.
Description Brief description of the item.
State The current state of the item in its lifecycle.
Open the item in a new window.
Shows a paper clip if files are checked into or connected to the object. Click to open the Files page. See Collaboration and Approvals User's Guide: Files Associated with an Object.
Shows the primary image for that object, if defined. Click the image to open the Images page, where you can view all images for the object. See Collaboration and Approvals User's Guide: Managing Images.

Actions/Toolbar Commands

Action Name Description
Add Existing Adds one or more objects to the collection. You can add any object type to a collection.
  1. Click Add Existing. The initial result list is empty until you enter search criteria.
  2. Enter search criteria in the top bar and click .
  3. Select the objects you want.
  4. Click OK.

For more information, see About 3DSearch Queries.

Move To Removes checked objects from this collection and move them to another collection.
  1. Select the items you want to move.
  2. Click Move To.
  3. Click the button for the collection where you want the items to be moved to.
  4. Click Done.
Copy To Creates a copy of selected objects in another collection. Copying items does not create additional objects; it just links the same object to both collections.
  1. Select the items to be copied.
  2. Click Copy To.
  3. Select the collection where you want the items to be copied to.
  4. Click Done.
Remove Removes selected objects from the collection; does not delete them. Click OK to confirm.
Note: If you remove all items from any collection other than the Clipboard Collection, the app also removes the collection.