Part Browser

Use the Part Browser to create, organize and manage the CAE part structure/hierarchy.

The Part Browser streamlines automated mesh methods and automatic property and material creation and assignment.
From the Assembly ribbon, click the Parts tool.
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The Part Browser opens.

By default, the following attributes are listed as columns.

Add or remove columns by right-clicking on a column and checking/unchecking the appropriate attribute.

Entity
List of the Model, Part Assemblies, Parts, and Components. By default the browser is displayed in Hierarchical View.
Color
Displays the Component and Part entity colors.
UID
Displays the Part Assembly and Part Unique IDs.
Revision
Displays the Major revision, Study revision, and Library Part revision.
Representation
Displays the in-session/loaded representation.
Active
Displays the Part entity active status.

For a full description of usage, refer to Manage Configurations.

CID
Displays the entity specific Component ID’s. At the Part level it displays IDs for owned components. At Component level it shows the ID of components.
PID
Displays the entity specific Property ID’s. At the Part level it displays IDs for referenced properties. At Component level it shows the ID of the referenced property.
MID
Displays the entity specific Material ID’s. At the Part level it displays IDs for referenced materials. At Component level it shows the ID of the referenced material.
Material
Displays the material name.
Thickness
Displays the entity specific thickness. At the Part level it displays the thicknesses of the referenced properties. At Component level it shows the thickness of the referenced property.
PDM metadata captured upon the importation of a BOM via the Import dialog will also be listed as columns.
PDM PID
PDM Property ID metadata.
PDM MID
PDM Material ID metadata.
PDM Material
PDM Material name metadata.
PDM Thickness
PDM Thickness metadata.
PDM MeshFlag
PDM Mesh metadata (not case sensitive).
PDM Variant Condition
If populated, displays the part that is used as a variant in one or multiple part configurations. It is user editable in the Entity Editor.
PDM Variant Scope
Along with the Variant Condition attribute, displays which part configurations the part belongs to as a variant. It is user editable in the Entity Editor.

View Modes

Access different views to create and organize parts, and subsystem sets and configurations.

At the top of the Part Browser, you can access different views used to create and organize parts, and part sets and configurations.
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  1. Entity View: displays a single view in the browser for parts.
  2. Set View: splits the browser into two views: Entity View and Set View. In the Set View you can create, organize and manage part sets.
  3. Configuration View: splits the browser into three vertical views: Configuration, Set and Entity View. In the Configuration view you can create, organize and manage configurations.
  4. Configuration View, Split Left: splits the browser into three views: Configuration, Set and Entity View. In the Configuration view you can create, organize and manage part configurations.

Part View Modes

In Part view, you can change the display of entities in the browser using the predefined browser views.
Figure 3.


  1. Hierarchical Part View: displays all entities, including components, in a hierarchical view.
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  2. Flat Part View: displays entities in a flat list. Part Assemblies and Parts are grouped into their own collectors.
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Entity Editor

Edit part and component attributes in the Entity Editor.

Edits can be made for a single part or component or multiple parts and components. If a component is selected, the Entity Editor displays component specific attributes.

The attributes available in the Entity Editor vary based on the entity type selected.

Part/Part Assembly

General Data
Displays attributes that are unique to the part or assembly, including part/assembly name, Unique ID (UID), color, and include file, and Revision data.
Parts and part assemblies require a unique name and a unique identifier (UID), both of which can contain alphanumeric characters. The UID is an optional field that is utilized in part representation management and import model entity management.
Representations Data
Displays attributes that are specific to a part representation, such as representation name, file location, property ID, material ID/name, and thickness. These attributes are non-editable at the part level.
Position Data
Displays the 4 x 3 transformation matrix of a part, namely its translation, rotation, and scaling. These attributes are non-editable in the Entity Editor, but updates as you move the part.
Library Data
Displays the Major, Study, and Library revisions of the representations. The comment saved along with the representation is displayed here.
PDM Data
Displays PDM attributes that were parsed as metadata during the BOM importation, such as PDM ID, PDM Revision, PDM Variant Condition and PDM Variant Scope. This information, namely the PDM PID, PDM MID, PDM Material and PDM Thickness, is used to generate the initial component, property, and material cards upon creation of the common representation. These attributes can be used to cross-reference common and discipline specific mesh representation attributes.

Part Set

General Data
Displays attributes that are unique to the part set, including part/assembly name and ID.
Part Assemblies / Parts Data
Displays the number of parts organized into the selected part set.
Click the Part Assemblies/Part field to select parts and part assemblies to organize into the selected part set. Select entities in the Select Part Assemblies/Parts dialog, or from the graphics area when the Parts selector is enabled.
Part Sets Data
Displays the number part sets organized into the selected part set.
Click the Part Sets field to select part sets to organize into the selected part set. Select entities in the Select Part Sets dialog, or from the graphics area when the Partsets selector is enabled.

Configuration

General Data
Displays attributes that are unique to the configuration, including name, and ID.
Parts Assemblies / Parts Data
Displays the number of parts organized into the selected configuration.
Click the Part Assemblies/Part field to select parts and part assemblies to organize into the selected configuration. Select entities in the Select Part Assemblies/Parts dialog, or from the graphics area when the Parts selector is enabled.
Configurations Data
Displays the number of configurations organized into the selected configuration.
Click the Configurations field to select other configurations to organize into the selected configuration. Select entities in the Select Configurations dialog, or from the graphics area when the Configurations selector is enabled.
Part Sets Data
Displays the number part sets organized into the selected configuration.
Click the Part Sets field to select part sets to organize into the selected configuration. Select entities in the Select Part Sets dialog, or from the graphics area when the Partsets selector is enabled.
Active
Indicates the active/inactive state of the selected configuration. This attribute is non-editable. To activate a configuration, enable the configuration’s associated checkbox in the Active column of the Configuration view.