Design Explorer

The Design Explorer provides an easy-to-use, graphical method of exploring the Design Database. It has the following features:

• A Tree View display of Design database elements (which can be expanded and contracted by selecting the or icons) in the current MDB. The icons in the tree view represent the different Design database element types.

• Navigation to database elements in Design databases

• The ability to manage items in the display using the Drawlist (a separate window listing the displayed items)

• The ability to query the attributes of, rename, delete, copy and paste Design database elements.

The current element can be identified in the Design Explorer as the highlighted item in the tree view and is displayed in the History list in the main menu bar. The History list contains a list of recently visited items.

Design Explorer replaces most of the functions of the Members List in PDMS Design. The Members List is still available from the Display menu.

The Design Explorer will be displayed on entry to Design. If you dismiss it, it can be reinstated by selecting Display > Design Explorer from the main menu bar.