About the View Changes User Interface
When you click
, the
View Changes dialog box opens with the following user interface items:
• Markup filter
• Model Tree
• Model Graphics
• Shortcut menus
• Buttons
• Legend
Markup Filter
• Filter—Filters the display of changes between the active checkpoint and the option chosen from the list.
◦ Start of session—Shows all models modified from the start of the Creo Parametric session.
◦ Pre-modified—Shows all models modified in the Design Exploration session.
◦ Checkpoints list
—Shows models modified between this checkpoint and the selected checkpoint.
Model Tree
The following commands are available for displaying components in the Model Tree:
• Show—Lists commands to display components in the Model Tree.
• Search box—Searches expanded nodes for components typed in the box.
• 
—Sets the following
Model Tree options:
◦ Columns—Sets the display of Model Tree columns
▪ More—Opens the Model Tree Columns dialog box. Add or remove information columns.
◦ 
Expand All—Expands all the
Model Tree component nodes.
◦ 
Expand To Selected—Expands the
Model Tree to see the components selected in the preview window.
◦ 
Collapse All—Collapses all the component nodes of the
View Changes Tree.
◦ Save Tree—Saves the Tree to a text file.
Model Graphics
The Model Graphics window displays component graphics.
• Show—Sets the display of components in the preview window.
• —Displays the following commands:
◦ Show Hidden—Displays hidden components.
◦ Auto highlight on selection—Highlights selected components.
• Shortcut Menu—Right-click the preview window to access the shortcut menu.
◦ Shaded—Displays the model as shaded.
◦ No Hidden—Displays the model with no hidden lines.
◦ Hidden Line—Displays the model with hidden lines.
◦ Wireframe—Displays the model in wireframe.
◦ Orthographic—Displays the model with the view direction orthogonal to the projection plane.
◦ Perspective—Displays the model as it appears to the eye.
◦ Frames per second—Sets the number of frames per second. Select a number from the list. The default is 10.
◦ View Type—Sets a view type for moving the component in the Model Graphics window:
▪ Dynamic
▪ Anchored
▪ Delayed
▪ Velocity
▪ Fly Through
▪ Standard
◦ Refit—Refits the model view to the window.
◦ Next—Selects the component closest to the pointer.
◦ Previous—Selects the previous component.
◦ Pick From List—Opens a list of components adjacent to the pointer. Select a component from the list.
Buttons
Use the buttons to set the display of the Model Tree and Model Graphics
• Preview window buttons—Sets the position of the Model Graphics window.
◦ 
—Appears to the right of the
Model Tree.
◦ 
—Appears under the
Model Tree.
◦ 
—Appears on top of the
Model Tree.
◦ 
—Appears to the left of the
Model Tree.
• 
—Displays or hides the
Model Tree.
• 
—Displays or hides the
Model Graphics.
Legend
The Legend shows how each type of change is displayed in the View Changes Tree and, in some cases, the Model Graphics window.