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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.