Traded materials

This page lists the traded materials available in the case, together with the material types they belong to and the Global tab where they are published.

Add and remove traded materials

To add one or more traded materials to the grid:

1. Click Add Traded Material in the Traded Materials group of the Home ribbon tab. The Select Traded Materials to Add dialog window opens.

2. Select each traded material you want to add. The list contains only the traded materials that have not already been added.

3. Click OK. The selected traded materials are added to the grid.

To remove one or more traded materials from the grid:

4. Select the traded materials you want to remove by clicking on the corresponding rows in the grid. You can select multiple contiguous rows by holding the Shift key, or select multiple non-contiguous rows by holding the Ctrl key.

5. Click Remove Traded Material in the Traded Materials group of the Home ribbon tab. A confirmation dialog window opens.

6. Click Yes in the confirmation dialog window. The selected traded materials are removed from the grid.

You can only remove traded materials that are note in use in the case. To remove all unused traded materials:

7. Click the lower half of the Remove Traded Material button in the Traded Materials group of the Home ribbon tab. A menu appears.

8. Choose Remove Unused from the menu. A confirmation dialog window opens.

9. Click Yes in the confirmation dialog window. All unused traded materials are removed from the grid.

Note: When you remove a traded material from this page, you only remove it from the case. You do not delete the traded material altogether. The traded material is still available in the Global tab page of the Model Explorer.

Customize the grid

Customize the grid from the Grid group of the Home ribbon tab:

• Click Find to show or hide a text field at the top of the grid to filter the grid contents. Type in the text field to show only the rows with text matching what you have typed. The matching text is highlighted in the grid. See Filters for more details.

• Click Columns to open a small dialog windows where you can drag column headers to remove columns from the grid. You can then drag the headers back to the grid to restore the columns. See Add and Remove Columns in Manage Columns for more details.

• Choose a View from the list, or click the cogwheel icon to remove a view or save any changes. See Views for more details.