Configuration Window

In the Browser Configuration dialog you can select which columns to display in the browser, and change the way special tools, such as find twin connectors, operate.

Open the Browser Configuration dialog by right-clicking in the Connector Entity Browser and selecting Configure Browser from the context menu.

Local Options

Max Link Column Viewed

Regardless of how many links a connector might have, the browser will only display the specified number of columns.

Show Primary Links Only

By default, both primary and secondary links are displayed in the browser. To only display primary links, select the Show Primary link only checkbox.

By default, a node link is also displayed as a component link in the Component link view. For example, components are shown as a link when a node that belongs to an element belongs to a component, an element belongs to a component, or a surface belongs to a component.

When Show Primary Link Only is selected, the Part link view only displays real part links and the Component link view only displays real component links. Use the table below to determine which link types will be interpreted as a component or park link based on view you are using.

Link Type	Component Link View		Part Link View
	Show Primary Links Only: off	Show Primary Links Only: on	Show Primary Links Only: off	Show Primary Links Only: on
Nodes	yes	no	yes	no
Elements	yes	no	yes	no
Components	yes	yes	yes	no
Assemblies	yes	no	no	no
Parts	no	no	yes	yes
Properties	no	no	no	no
Surfaces (geom)	yes	no	yes	no
Tags	no	no	no	no

Show Node Attachment Label

Show the name of the node attachment in the graphics area.

Auto-Create Parts for Realization

Create parts in Part Browser to hold the realization component nested under a part configuration.

Automatic Filter

Filter the link entity list and the connector list simultaneously when performing a show, isolate, or find operation.

Tip: For future filtering via the Query Builder, you can reuse previous filters and combine previous filters with other attribute filters.

Consider Geometry

Consider geometry along with elements while using Show/Hide/Isolate operations.

Consider HAZ Elements

Consider HAZ elements while using Show/Hide/Isolate operations. When this option is on, and if connectors are isolated, HAZ elements are also isolated along with connectors and their links.

Available for Connector Configure browser options.

Find Connectors Between With

Select how connectors between selected links are found:

Minimum two selected links: Only connectors that link to at least two selected entities will be affected. Connectors with only one link to any of the selected entities will be ignored.
Exact selected links: Only connectors that link to the selected entities will be affected. This can vary from the Minimum two selected links option, because connectors with three or more links which link two selected entities with at least one unselected entity, would still be found by the Minimum two selected links option but not by this one.
All selected links: Any connector shared by the selected entities will be found.
Note: Connectors which link selected entities to any unselected ones will not be found, as they are not located between the selected entities.

Filter Links To

Choose which links to filter when performing search/isolation functions.

Projection Components: Isolate the entire link component.
Projection Elements: Isolate only the elements on which a projection falls.
Projection and Attached Elements: Isolate only the elements on which the projection falls and the elements which the connector FE connects.

Filter Links To	Projection Components	Projection Elements	Projection and Attached Elements
Spots	Figure 7.	Figure 8.	Figure 9.
Seams	Figure 10.	Figure 11.	Figure 12.
Bolts	Figure 13.	Figure 14.	Figure 15.

Global Options

Autofit: Use this option in combination with the other view option toggle buttons and show, hide, isolate, or isolate only, or in combination with the advanced action buttons. After an action is performed, the newly found connectors and/or entities are placed in the middle of the screen. If this option is used in combination with one of the previously mentioned buttons, it works like a pure fit view.

Figure 16. . In this example, the 1st connector and the link entity were Isolated with the fit view option.
Autocolor Visualization Mode: Automatically switch the element color mode when accessing different tabs in the Connector Link Entity Browser.; When enabled, switching to the Part Link view from the Component Link view automatically changes the element color to by part and vice versa.
Live-filtering: Filter items in real time.