The table view shows the comparison for:
Topological parameters are color-marked so that you can see the most important ones at a glance.
Explicitly searched topological attributes are marked in yellow color by default, as it is in the search results.
Those topological parameters which can be marked in the 3D view (Inner cylinders, Outer cylinders for example), have a checkbox in the listing under Tabular Compare.
If you activate a checkbox then the respective parameter is color-marked both in the Tabular Compare and in the 3D comparison. Different parameters get different colors (regardless of whether they have been automatically or manually marked)
In the column header you can find the following icons:
At parts, which are found via Geometric search (3D) and are transferred into the Part comparison, there, in the Tabular Compare section the geometric similarity is overtaken and displayed as well.[64]
Open: Right-click anywhere in the desired column.
In the context menu the following commands are available:
Select as master
[compare icon above ]
The corresponding column is displayed with a green background color.
Geometrical comparison to this part:
Initial situation: Displayed percentages of geometrical similarity can be calculated by processes executed before or they haven't been calculated yet.
Regardless of this you can start a new calculation for each part in the part comparison separately.
Hereto call the context menu command Geometrical comparison to this part on the desired part. The search part (100%) is marked as such.
Select project line [compare icon above ]
Switches to the row view (see following figure)
By clicking on , the display changes to the export state.
For a logical 3D comparison, change the properties so that the compared parts possess about the same dimension.
Unselect all topological features
(Markings are set according to the used search parameters.)
Colored markings in Tabular Compare (see Fig. „ Tabular Compare - Context menu commands“) and labels in 3D view are removed.
Load any native file (specific CAD file or neutral format) in the Compare dialog.
Click on the menu item Open 3D file....
A number of formats can be opened: [65]
If there is an ambiguity for a file extension, an additional dialog box appears.
Ambiguities are possible for a file
extension such as .prt
for example, which is
used by Creo Elements and NX as well, furthermore for several
versions of a CAD system.
In the list field select the desired system and the desired version.
Then the dialog box Selection of unit opens.
In the list field, select the correct unit: mm, cm, dm , m, INCH, FEET, INCH/10, INCH/100
Pin description column | Pin preview header
In order to keep in view the important during vertical and horizontal scrolling, it possibly makes sense to fix the column "Description" [horizontal scrolling] or the preview line [vertical scrolling].
In the Tabular Compare section call the context menu and activate the desired option.
[64] You can configure, whether the geometric similarity shall be displayed. See Section 1.7.4.4.2.1, “ Key "DisplayGeoDistances" - Tabular Compare - Display geometric similarity ” in PARTsolutions / PARTcommunity4Enterprise - Administration Manual.
[65] The number depends on the installed CAD systems.