The working window is used to display the graphics of an entity and allows on-screen entity selection. There are several features to manage the working window as shown in the figure and table below.
Figure 1.24: Description of the working window
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Model Tab |
Use the model tab to activate a model or open the file menu. The file menu functions can be accessed by opening the drop-down menu as shown in the figure and table below.
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Combo Button | Activate a screen mode from the drop-down menu. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Close Button | Close the active model. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Subsystem Reference Frame | Display the subsystem reference frame. If the subsystem is a parent subsystem, the reference frame will be the inertia reference frame. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Gravity | Display the direction of gravity. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Drop-down menu | Manage the selected entity or control a view as shown in Figure 1.25: Working window drop-down menu functions below. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Navigation Cube | Change the viewpoint by clicking an edge or vertex on the Navigation Cube. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Flip Action/Base | Flip the action/base marker or action/base geometry. |
The drop-down menu is opened by right-clicking an entity. Available features are described in the table below. These features are subject to filtering and auto-selection. The filter will only activate features which can be applied to the selected entity, and auto-selection selects the closest entity to the cursor when no entities are selected.
Figure 1.25: Working window drop-down menu functions
Feature | Description |
Property | Open the selected entity. |
Selection List |
Select one of entities from the list as follows.
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The list is populated with the names of entities near the mouse pointer. It is possible to select an entity, open its property dialog, hide/show the selected entity, and delete it using the list dialog. |
Select | Select an entity. |
Disable/Enable | Disable or enable the selected entity. |
Hide/Show | Hide or show the visibility of the selected entity. |
Interface | Define the selected body as an Interface. |
Open This File | Open the subsystem, part or mesh file. The selected entity must be either a subsystem, assembled body or FE body. |
Delete | Delete the selected entity. |
View Control | Control the view status of the working window. For more information, see View Control. |
Body Eigenvalue | Run the Body Eigenvalue Analysis Operation. For more information, see Quick Run for Analysis. |