Part Browser

Use the Part Browser to create, organize and manage the CAE part structure/hierarchy.

The Part Browser can be used to change CAD to mesh with properties and materials assigned with few prerequisites. The Part Browser can be used as a to do list, a model manager, and organizer, and a job scheduler. The Part Browser streamlines automated mesh methods and automatic property and material creation and assignment.
From the Assembly ribbon, click the Parts tool.
Figure 1.


The Part Browser opens.

By default, the following attributes are listed as columns.

Add or remove columns by right-clicking on a column and checking/unchecking the appropriate attribute.

Entity
List of the Model, Part Assemblies, Parts and Components. By default the browser is displayed in Hierarchical View.
Color
Displays the Component and Part entity colors.
UID
Displays the Part Assembly and Part Unique IDs.
Revision
Displays the Major revision, Study revision, and Library Part revision.
Representation
Displays the in-session/loaded representation.
Active
Displays the Part entity active status.

For a full description of usage, refer to Manage Configurations.

CID
Displays the entity specific Component ID’s. At the Part level it displays IDs for owned components. At Component level it shows the ID of components.
PID
Displays the entity specific Property ID’s. At the Part level it displays IDs for referenced properties. At Component level it shows the ID of the referenced property.
MID
Displays the entity specific Material ID’s. At the Part level it displays IDs for referenced materials. At Component level it shows the ID of the referenced material.
Material
Displays the material name.
Thickness
Displays the entity specific thickness. At the Part level it displays the thicknesses of the referenced properties. At Component level it shows the thickness of the referenced property.
PDM metadata captured upon the importation of a BOM via the Import dialog will also be listed as columns.
PDM PID
PDM Property ID metadata.
PDM MID
PDM Material ID metadata.
PDM Material
PDM Material name metadata.
PDM Thickness
PDM Thickness metadata.
PDM MeshFlag
PDM Mesh metadata (not case sensitive).
PDM Variant Condition
If non-empty, displays the part that is used as a variant in one or multiple part configurations. It is user editable in the Entity Editor.
PDM Variant Scope
Along with the Variant Condition attribute, displays which part configurations the part belongs to as a variant. It is user editable in the Entity Editor.

View Modes

Access different views to create and organize parts, and subsystem sets and configurations.

At the top of the Part Browser and Subsystem Browser, you can access different views used to create and organize parts, and subsystem sets and configurations.
Figure 2.


  1. Entity View. Displays a single view in the browser for parts or subsystems.
  2. Set View. Splits the browser into two views: Entity View and Set View. In the Set View you can create, organize and manage part and subsystem sets.
  3. Configuration View. Splits the browser into three vertical views: Configuration, Set and Entity View. In the Configuration view you can create, organize and manage configurations.
  4. Configuration View, Split Left. Splits the browser into three views: Configuration, Set and Entity View. In the Configuration view you can create, organize and manage part configurations and subsystem configurations.

Part View Modes

In Part view, you can change the display of entities in the browser using the predefined browser views.
Figure 3.


  1. Hierarchical Part View. Displays all entities, including components, in a hierarchical view.
    Figure 4.


  2. Flat Part View. Displays all entities, with the exception of components, in a flat list. Part Assemblies and Parts are logically grouped into their own collectors.
    Figure 5.


    For example, in Flat Part View, you can use the Query Builder to isolate part entities. In the example BOM shown above, setting the entity type filter to Part results in the following view.
    Figure 6.