Browser Context-Sensitive Menu

Clicking the right mouse button on a folder or entity/item within the browser’s tree structure allows you to change a variety of options using the browser context-sensitive menu.

The visibility of browser context menu items is dependent on the current selection. Only menu items belonging to the type of selected items will appear. Options selected in an empty space apply to the entire model.


Option		Description
Create	Select one of the available options:
	Derived Load Case	Create a Steps, Linear-Superposition, or Envelope derived load case.
	Cached Result	Create an internal cache for applied contour results. See the Cache Results topic for additional information.
	Derived Result	Add user-defined data types to a result using the Create Derived Results dialog. The Expression Builder will automatically launch and initialize the data type in the Results browser selected (by right-clicking on it).
	Image Plane	Create a 2D or 3D image plane.
	Measure	Create a measure.
	Note	Create a note.
	Plot Style	Create a plot style based on a predefinition of the settings applied on a plot. This option will only appear if a contour, vector, or tensor plot has been applied to the model.
	Section Cut	Create a planar or spherical section cut.
	Set	Create a set.
	Streamlines	Create a rake/streamline.
	System	Displays a dialog which allows you to create a user defined system. See the User Defined Coordinate Systems topic for additional information.
	Tracking System	Create a tracking system.
	View	Save an unlimited number of views.
Edit	Edit options/settings for to the currently selected item. Upon selection of the Edit option, the corresponding panel or dialog for the selected item will be displayed. For example, if a note is selected, the Notes panel will be automatically displayed. The action of the Edit option is dependent on the item selected.
Delete	Displays a dialog which allows you to delete the selected item.
Rename	Rename items in the browser by entering a new name in the name text field and pressing Enter. You can cancel the rename operation by pressing Esc.
Make Current	Make a selected item current (when more than one is available). For example, a particular model, load case, plot, or tracking system can be made current by right-clicking on the item in the browser and selecting Make Current from the context menu. This option is not available in the Component View. See Entity Views in the Results Browser for additional information.
Plot	Apply a contour, tensor, or vector plot to the model or the current selection.
Clear Plot	Clear a contour, tensor, or vector plot (if applied); or clear all of the plots applied to the current model.
Show	Displays the item in the graphics area. This selection affects each item’s local display control. You can also use this on the entire folder. In such cases, this shows all of the items within that folder (all components for example, etc.).
Hide	Turns off the item in the graphics area. This selection affects each item’s local display control. You can also use this on the entire folder. In such cases, this hides all of the items within that folder (all components for example, etc.).
Isolate	Works locally within a specific entity type. For example, if Component(s) are isolated, then all display states of other displayable entities (such as Systems) remain untouched. Isolate displays only the selected entities, turning their display state to on, and turning all other entities of the same type off.
Isolate Only	Similar to Isolate, except that it also affects entity types different from the selected entities. This turns off ALL displayable entities (regardless of type) except for the selection one(s).
Show Manipulator	Displays the Graphical Manipulator in the graphics area for section cuts, streamline rakes, and image planes. The graphical manipulator allows you to modify the location and shape of the section cut, rake, or image plane interactively. Note: Area rakes without the Evenly distributed option activated cannot be graphically manipulated. The graphical manipulator is linked to the entity display; therefore if the display of the selected entity is turned off, it will get turned back on when the graphical manipulator gets displayed. See the Display State of Graphical Manipulators topic for additional details.
Hide Manipulator	Hides the graphical manipulator in the graphics area. This option is only active when there is a graphical manipulator currently displayed in the graphics area. See the Display State of Graphical Manipulators topic for additional details.
Include in Section Cuts	Include the selection in a section cut. The Model View or Component View must be active within the Results Browser in order to access this option. See Entity Views in the Results Browser for additional information.
Exclude from Section Cuts	Exclude the selection from a section cut. The entities that are excluded will not be cut through when a section cut is applied (or turned on). This can be useful for investigating models that are surrounded by large domains of mesh (ground, fluid, etc.). For example, in streamline visualization the model can be excluded from the section cut in order to cut through the fluid only (when the Model view is activated). By default, the streamlines are excluded from section cuts. The Model view or Component view must be active within the Results Browser in order to access this option.
Collapse All	Collapses all items in the tree structure so that only the top-most level of items displays. If you have a particular entity or folder selected in the browser and select Collapse All, then this option only collapses the items beneath the currently selected entity or folder.
Expand All	Expands all items in the tree structure, exposing every item nested at every level. If you have a particular entity or folder selected in the browser and select Expand All, then this option only expands the items beneath the currently selected entity or folder.
Export Styles	Opens the Export Styles dialog where you can export the current styles as an xml file. The Result View must be active within the Results Browser in order to access this option. See Entity Views in the Results Browser for additional information.
Import Styles	Opens the Import Styles dialog which allows you to import an xml file containing previously saved styles. The Result view must be active within the Results browser in order to access this option.
Model Info	Opens the Model Info dialog for the current model. Or Opens the Model Properties dialog for the selected model (if a model file other than the current model is selected in the Model Files view). The General tab provides information about the model and results file, and the Statistics tab displays the model and results files in a tree-like structure.
Configure Browser	Opens the Browser Configuration window which allows you to determine what entity types, columns, options, and toolbars are displayed in the Results browser.

User-Defined Context Menus

The following preference file statements can be used to connect a user written TCL script with a defined context-menu submenu and/or context-menu menu item:

*BeginGraphicDefaults()
*BeginBrowserContextMenu("Contour")
*BrowserContextMenuItem("Current settings", "contour_from_browser.tcl", ::browsermenu::ContourCurrent, part);
*BrowserContextMenuItem("Displacement (Mag)", "/contour_from_browser.tcl", ::browsermenu::ContourDisplacement, part);
*BrowserContextMenuItem("Stress (VonMises)", "/contour_from_browser.tcl", ::browsermenu::ContourStress, part);
*EndBrowserContextMenu()
*EndGraphicDefaults()

These commands can be defined in .mvw files and will become active upon the import of preference settings (see the Preference Files topic for additional information).