Context Menu

Use the Part Browser context menu to invoke key functions and visualization options. Options vary based on the entity type selected.

Option	Description
Create	Creates a Part Assembly, Part, Part Instance, or Component. If Create is invoked in the white space of the browser, the entity will be placed in the root level (Model). If Create is invoked on an entity, such as a Part Assembly, the resulting entity will reside in the selected entity. If a part contains components, and it is selected as the current part, then part assemblies and parts cannot be created from the context menu when you right-click in the white space of the browser.
Unused & Empty	Delete unused and/or empty part assemblies and parts.
Create Variants	Creates Part Set(s) per PDM Variant Condition attribute found in the global Part Assembly/Part hierarchy. Only available in the Part Set pane of the Part Set and Configuration views. Part Set(s) will be recreated on each invoke of the operation.
Transform	Invokes the Transform tool, from which you can transform the selected Part Assemblies and/or Parts via the following actions; Translate, Rotate, Reflect, Scale, and Position. The Transform tool is automatically invoked on the creation of a Part Instance. Transformations are performed on the contents of the Part, but the transformation matrix is updated on the Part(s). Figure 1.
Instances	Displays the Instances sub-menu.
Instance Create	Create part instances. If multiple parts are selected, an instance of each unique part will be created.
Instance Break	Break instances. If multiple instances are selected, the break operation will result in multiple groups of instances.
Instance Link	Combine to Parts as Instances of each other.
Instance Sync	Transfer updates from selected instances to other instances in real-time.
Delete	Deletes the selected entity. Select the Delete Part Contents checkbox to delete the selected entity and all of its contents. For example, if Delete is invoked on a Part Assembly that contains a Part (also containing a Component), then the Part Assembly, Part, and Component will be deleted from the model.
Rename	Enables you to rename the selected entity in the browser. Alternatively, entities can also be renamed in the Entity Editor, General Information section.
Make Current	Sets the selected entity to current. The current collector status is indicated in bold. Only applicable to parts.
Move under Current	Moves the selected entities to the current entity. Not applicable to PDM parts.
Move Contents to Current	Moves the selected part's component(s) to the current entity. Only available for parts.
Representations	Displays the Representations sub-menu.
Create Representations	Create a new representation.
Add Representations from Files	Add a representation from a file.
Add Representations from Library	Add a representation from a library.
Add Representations browse library	Browse libraries for representations.
Add Representations to library	Add representations to a library.
Load Representations from Session	Load representations from a session.
Load Representations from Library	Load representations from a library.
Reload Representations	Reload a representation.
Unload Representations	Unload a representation.
Update Representations	Update a representation.
Sync Representations Metadata	Synchronize representations metadata.
Save Representations	Save a representation.
Delete Representations from Session	Delete a representation from a session.
Delete Representations from Library	Delete a representation from a library.
Representations Settings Load	Load representation settings.
Representations Settings User Representations	Load user representation settings.
Representations Settings Save	Save representation settings.
Library	Displays the Library sub-menu. Sync Syncs the in-session version with the latest, available version in the Part Library. If the version available in the current session is out of sync with the Library reversion, use Sync to update the session version with the Part Library version. Libraries Opens the Libraries dialog for library management. Library Viewer Opens the Library Viewer dialog, which can be used to explore the contents of your library.
Save As	Saves the currently selected Parts/ Part Assembly to a HyperMesh binary file. All child Parts and Components and the Part structure are saved. Parts under different sub assemblies can be selected and saved under one HyperMesh binary file.
XRef Entities	Invokes the References Browser for the selected entities, which displays any referenced entities in the model.
Review	Invokes Review mode, which displays selected entities irrespective of their display state, masked, active state (Entity State Browser), but not outside of the spherical clipping (if enabled).
Show	Displays the selected entity in the graphics area. A shaded entity icon in the Part Browser indicates that the entity is displayed in the graphics area.
Hide	Hides the selected entity in the graphics area An opaque entity icon in the Part Browser indicates that the entity is not displayed in the graphics area.
Isolate	Isolates the selected entity in the graphics area, and hides all other entities.
Collapse/Collapse All	Collapses the selected entity folder(s). Collapse All is only available when you invoke the context menu by right-clicking in the white space of the browser.
Expand/Expand All	Expands the selected entity folder(s). Expand All is only available when you invoke the context menu by right-clicking in the white space of the browser.