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.Figure 1. Part Browser: Principles of Use
From the Assembly ribbon, click the
Parts tool.
Figure 2.
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.
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 3.
Entity View. Displays a single view in the browser
for parts or subsystems.
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.
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.
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 4.
Hierarchical Part View. Displays all entities, including components, in a
hierarchical view.Figure 5.
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 6.
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 7.