Toolbar guide

Main toolbar

The main toolbar is always displayed at the top of the window.

Home: Open or return to the database homepage tab.

Browse: Go to the Browse pane to browse the database tree.

Search: Go to the Search pane to search for records.

Chart/Select: Go to the Chart/Select pane to plot materials data and create selection stages.

Solver: Open the Engineering Solver to calculate material property values.

Eco Audit: Open an instance of the Eco Audit in a tab.

Synthesizer: Open the Synthesizer tool to create new records with modeled material properties.

Tools: Add records to a Favorites list or Comparison Table, add your own data to Granta Selector or define a Reference Record via a drop-down menu.

Settings: Go to the program Settings dialog.

Help: Access the Help, useful links, or the About Granta Selector dialog. You can press F1 at any time to view the Help page for the active pane, tab or dialog.

Chart toolbar

The chart toolbar is displayed between the stage title and chart area on the Chart tab. The button names are displayed as tooltips when you hover over them, and similar functions are grouped together.

Chart settings: Go to the Settings tab of the Chart Stage dialog.

Cursor: Switch to the cursor to create, select and move data labels, or use context menus to perform tasks with plotted records.

Index and display lines: Perform a selection on the chart using an index line. Can also be used to plot a line with a specified gradient for display only.

Box selection: Perform a selection on the chart for x and y ranges by drawing a box. Can also be used to draw a rectangle for display only.

Delete lines and boxes: Delete all index lines and box selections on the chart (including those marked for display only), and update the selection results accordingly.

Zoom in

Zoom out

Autoscale: Re-scale the axes to fit all the visible elements.

Text label: Add a text annotation to the chart.

Arrow: Add a straight arrow or line to the chart.

Curve: Add a curved arrow or line to the chart.

Show family envelopes: Display envelopes on the chart representing which material families the plotted records belong to. Click the arrow to the right of the button to add, edit or hide individual envelopes.

Show results from all enabled stages: Display records which pass this stage, but not all enabled stages, in gray.

Hide failed records: Do not display records which fail any enabled stage.

Highlight favorite records: Show Favorites on the chart in their record color, and all others in white (other Highlighted records will also show in color).

Highlight reference record: Show Reference Record on the chart in its record color, and all others in white (other Highlighted records will also show in color).

Highlight synthesized records: Show Synthesized records on the chart in their record color, and all others in white (other Highlighted records will also show in color).

Highlight user-defined records: Show User-defined Records on the chart in their record color, and all others in white (other Highlighted records will also show in color).

Change to nearby record: Switch focus to the record with the nearest bubble on the chart (a record must be selected on the chart for the button to be active). Click the arrow to the right of the button to select from a list of several nearby records.