Manage Sets in the Sets Browser

The Sets Browser is meant to allow you to easily control the display and review of entity sets for model grouping and visualization purposes. For large models, constantly synchronizing the display state of entity sets with the current display can introduce performance issues.

1. Open the Sets Browser.
   The Sets Browser displays in the tab area.
2. Use the toolbar buttons in the Sets Browser tab to manipulate the display options, as desired.

   
   
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   • Use Ctrl-click and Shift-click to select multiple items in the tree structure. For large numbers of selections, use the select all ( ), select none ( ), reverse ( ) buttons.
   • The Entity Type options allow you to control the entities (elements or geometry) that the selection buttons apply to. These buttons are toggles; you can have one or both active at the same time. In the screenshot above, the Element () button is active, but the Geometry () one is not.
   • The Sync ( ) button synchronizes the entity set display states with the current display. This means that if you have changed the display states of various entities, for example from within the Model Browser, you can use this button to force the selection of entities in the Sets Browser to match the current display states.
   • The Name filter uses standard filtering syntax in the text box; click the funnel () icon to activate the text box, type in the string you wish to filter by, and then press Enter. This can limit the entities which display in the tree structure. To undo the filter, click the funnel icon again to disable the text box.

1. Open the Sets Browser.
   The Sets Browser displays in the tab area. Its tree structure lists all entity set currently existing in the model, grouped in folders by type.
2. The display states of entity sets are controlled by clicking the checkboxes located next to each set on or off.

   Option	Description
   	The checked state signifies that all entities in the entity set are currently displayed, after clicking the Display button.
   	The blank state signifies that one or more of the entities in that entity set are not displayed, after clicking either the Display button.

3. Once the display checkboxes are changed, click the Display button at the bottom of the browser to update the display with the current selection.

1. Open the Sets Browser.
   The Sets Browser displays in the tab area. Its tree structure lists all entity set currently existing in the model, grouped in folders by type.
2. Right-click anywhere within the tree structure to open the right-click menu.
   There are many functions available, accessed by right-clicking in the background, on folders, or on individual or multiple items within folders. Most options require that you click on a folder or one or more items, and are grayed out of no selection is made; exceptions are specifically noted below. The graphic above shows the available options, including:

   Option	Description
   Create	Create a new entity set of the specified type. You are prompted to type in a name for the set or accept a default name. Supported entity set types are shown above. This option does not require any existing sets to be selected.
   Edit	Edit the element set, by picking a different group of elements to assign to it.
   Delete	Deletes the currently selected set(s). Multiple sets may be selected by using standard Ctrl/Shift-click functionality.
   Card edit	Edit the property card assigned to the set (but not the entities within it).
   Rename	Rename the selected set.
   Delete Reference	Removes a set reference from an entity set type of sets.
   Add Entities from Set	Adds entities into the currently selected set. This operation brings up an entity selector to select entities to add to the set.
   Remove Entities from Set	Removes entities from the currently selected set. This operation brings up an entity selector to select entities to remove from the set.
   Show	This operation adds the entities contained in the selected set(s) to the display.
   Hide	This operation removes the entities contained in the selected set(s) from the display.
   Isolate	This operation turns off (masks) the display of all entities not currently selected, so that only the selected entities display.
   Collapse All	Collapses all branches (folders) of the tree. This option does not require any selection.
   Expand All	Expands all branches (folders) of the tree. This option does not require any selection.
   Display Options	Determines how the sets are labeled in the Sets Browser tree. Available options are shown above. This option does not require any selection.
   Display IDs	Displays a popup window showing the IDs of all entities contained in the selected set.
   Export Session File	Saves a session file (.ses), containing group definitions for the selected node or element sets, to the disk.
   Import Session File	Loads a session file (.ses) containing group definitions. These group definitions will be converted into entity sets. This option does not require any selection.