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.

Figure 1. Part Browser: Principles of Use

From the Assembly ribbon, click the Parts tool.

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.

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.

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