The Link Entity Browser displays all of the links that are connected using the
connectors in the model.
Predefined browser view modes available in this browser
include: Common Top view, Component Link view, Property Link view, Part Link
view and Connector Group view. Figure 1.
Note: If a connector uses an element-type link, the component containing the
element is also listed in the Link Entity Browser. Isolating this link displays
the whole component instead of the single element. In the browser configuration
window, activating the Show Primary Links Only option,
for example, will list only real component links in the component link
view.
The information displayed in this browser can be used to quickly locate certain links
and appropriate connectors in the graphics area.
The global display tools, action mode tools, and context menu options (show, hide, isolate, and isolate only) work
exactly as they do in the Model Browser, when all of the view
options are inactive (contain a grey background). The only difference is that they
will only work on component, property, and part links.
When one or more of the view options are active (contain an
orange background), the show, hide, isolate, and isolate only options behavior and
appearances will change. To indicate a change in their behavior, a connector symbol
will appear in the icon. Figure 2.
The action mode tools take into account the
connector-link-relations, and the display results depend on the active view
options. Therefore, parts of the model are separated into the following three
categories that are based on the link selection:
1st link entity
Selected links
linked connectors
Connectors which reference at least one of the selected links
2nd link entity
Links which are referenced by the linked collectors
Note: In this case, connectors and their realizations are treated as being a
separate category from their links, in order to prevent unpredictable
cross-references.
Engineering Solutions only uses this type of categorical separation when one of
the view options are active and you select the show, hide, isolate, and isolate only
options from the context menu or
from the action mode tools. No other functionality uses this categorization
at all.
The base features in the Link Entity Browser can be changed from the Link Entity
Browser configuration window.
