Actions

You can use the Action options to select the types of actions that will be performed once matching objects have been selected in the query.

The action options are as follows:

Filter

Functional Description

Select Objects

Selects all objects

Deselect Objects

Deselects all objects

Show Objects

All objects are made visible

Hide Objects

All objects are hidden; that is, no longer visible

Suppress Objects

 All matched objects are marked as suppressed. If a node is ‘suppressed’, none of its children exist in the scene. They are loaded on demand from VDS when this node is resumed later. None of the children of a suppressed node are processed with any filters, but the filter still runs for the node itself. This is done so that it is possible to find such suppressed nodes with a query, and resume them. Children of a suppressed node are not displayed in scene BOM either. The suppressed node is displayed as grey in BOM. This action effectively takes objects and their children out of consideration for view and query.

Resume Objects

Suppressed objects are released. This action reverses their suppression so that they are candidates for filters in queries.

Suppress Procedures

All matched procedures are suppressed

Delete Procedures

All matched procedures are deleted

Resume Procedures

Suppressed procedures are released. This action reverses their suppression so that they are candidates for filters in queries

Flag

Sets or clears the 'Marked' flags on objects, so there are up to six marks that can be tested with filters. The idea of marking an object is like selecting it, but silently. The mark on that object is maintained, so that you can test for it later. The marks are not saved with the file, and are active only during the current session.

Appearance
Maintains appearance actions

  • Opacity: Assigns opacity to objects. The opacity can bet set from 10 - 100%.

  • Render Mode: Assigns a render mode to objects. All available render modes are listed in the dropdown menu.

  • Highlight Objects: Opens the Color Picker, from which you can assign a highlight color for objects. The Intensity can bet set from 10 - 100%.

  • Remove Highlight from Objects: Removes any highlight color from objects matching filters in a query statement.

  • Material: Opens the Select Material window, from which you can assign a material by name to objects.

Miscellaneous
Maintains miscellaneous actions

  • Zoom: Zooms the viewport to either the currently selected objects or the visible objects. This is the same as the View to Active Object right-click option in SAP 3D Visual Enterprise Author. If there are no selected or visible objects, the viewport is not changed.

  • Layer: Opens the Select Layer window, from which you can add the objects to a specific layer.

  • Delete: Deletes the currently selected objects, either where 'Undo' is allowed, so that Ctrl+Z will reverse the changes, or wiithout Undo.

  • Export XML list: Opens the Export to XML List window, from which you can create or overwrite the chosen file with hierarchical XML containing all the objects, marked matching ones from the current filter with ‘matched="yes"’. This file can be used to generate full hierarchical part names as needed for use in CAD systems or other applications. You have an option to include metadata in the file.

More Information

Select Material Window

Select Layer Window