3.3.4. Tabbed page "Search"
3.3.4.1. General
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3.3.4.1. General

The following setting options are available on the General tab page:

  • Maximum number of search results: Set the desired value.

    Each click on Show more results [Show more results ...]... successively displays the next block of results.

  • Ask for unit when opening a 3d file

  • Show suppressed option dialogs again when opening a 3D file:

    Example for geometric search (3D) [Geometric search (3D)]. Also applies to LIVEsearch → Automatically update best result in component comparison [Automatically update best result in part compare].

    1. In the Geometric search (3D [Geometric search (3D)] ) dialog box, click Load file.

      → An Explorer window opens.

    2. Select the desired file and confirm with Open.

      → The Select file format [Selection of file format] dialog box opens.

    3. Select the desired format and confirm with OK.

      → The corresponding dialog window for import options opens.

      Import options for Format STEP file input

      Import options for Format STEP file input

    4. Select the desired options and confirm with OK.

      → The desired component is loaded in the 3D view.

    5. [Note]Note

      As a rule, the settings are left as they are for further imports.

      In this case, activate the option Do not show the dialog for this format again [Do not show the dialog for this format anymore].

      If you do need the settings dialog again in a special case, activate the option Show suppressed option dialogs again when opening a 3D file [Show suppressed option dialogs again].

  • When searching via [Open dialog for search options when searching via context menu] the context menu, open the dialog for the search settings:

    This option affects the Geometric search (3D) dialog box.

    The option is deactivated by default, because in this case no search part has to be selected.

    Example: Geometric search for this part [Geometrical search for this part]

    Example: Geometric search for this part [Geometrical search for this part]

    However, if settings shall be performed, activate the option.

    If this option is activated the dialog box appears, otherwise the search is directly performed with the options set in the window.

    If this option is activated the dialog box appears, otherwise the search is directly performed with the options set in the window.

  • Units for geometrical and topology search

    • Unit for lengths

    • Unit for areas

    • Unit for volume

  • Use table settings for ERP columns:

    Click the secondary mouse button in the column header of each column to open the Select columns dialog box.

    If you activate ERP variables here, they will also be displayed in the search results table.

    If you want to display the layout settings such as column color, text color (as they are displayed by default in the parts view [Part view] ) also under search results [Search results] ( Details and Table mode), activate the Use table settings for ERP columns option.[119]



[119] Column colors and value colors (possibly depending on the value), etc. can be set administratively. See Section 4.9, “Table layout for PARTdataManager/3Dfindit and (PARTlinkManager) ” in PARTsolutions Administration - Manual .

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