Viewing the Results in the Compare Tab
The detailed results appear in the Compare tab in the secondary panel. Each row contains the name of the component in the first assembly, the result of the comparison under Status, and the name of the respective component in the second assembly.
The possible statuses follow:
• Identical—Components are the same in geometry and in their relative position to the parent.
• New—Component is not present in the first assembly but present in the second.
• Deleted—Component is present in the first assembly but not present in the second.
• Moved—Relative location of the components, Position, Rotation, or Scale, is different.
• Modified—Geometry of the components is different.
• Attributes Modified—Attributes of the parts or assemblies are different.
• Changed—For components that contain additional child components – at least one of the children is not identical.
• Unknown—Mass properties for the pair are unavailable and Geometric Comparison is set to Mass Properties or None. To resolve this status, you can run the comparison again, and include volume differences where the mass properties can be recalculated.
• Error—Mass properties cannot be resolved to identify changes.
Select a component pair in the Compare tab to see the detailed comparison of the parameters for components in the lower data panel and the graphics area.
The parameters are as follows:
• Position (Parent): The position of the part relative to its own parent
• Rotation (Parent): The orientation of the part relative to its own parent
• Scale (Parent): The scale of the part relative to its own parent
• Volume: The volume value for each part in the pair in the view.
• Center of Gravity: The Center of Gravity for each part in the pair in the view.
• Surface Area: The surface area for each part in the pair in the view.
• Volume (Origin): The volume of the original shape of the part.
• Center of Gravity (Origin): The Center of Gravity of the original shape of the part.
• Surface Area (Origin): The surface area of the original shape of the part.
• Geometry (Volumes): Whether the parts have the same geometry in the view in the same location.
• Mass: The mass for each part in the pair in the view.
• Mass (Origin): The mass of the original shape of the part. Attributes identified as different appear.
• Attributes which you identify as different during the comparison also appear as parameters in the Compare tab.
To zoom in on a pair or to show only one pair, right-click the selected pair and select Zoom Selected or Isolate Selected, respectively.
To reopen the Compare Settings dialog box, select > .