Used to display a list of nodes
with their types and techniques, set and apply filters in the Node Dictionary
dialog.
Accessed from:
The
Node Dictionary dialog displays all currently available nodes alphabetically.
The
(Show Detailed View) tool in the
taskbar displays the node in details. You can also use this tool to show
close-up view of selected node, using the
(Auto Fit Selected Nodes in
Graph) tool in the Node Dictionary dialog. To view the currently selected node
from the list, select the node from the list while the
tool icon is depressed. The
highlighted node is displayed in the center of the graph view. A corresponding
range block around the selected node appears in the main geometry view. If you
select the
Rotate View tool in the drawing view, you can view
the selected node from different angles in the active model window and see the
range block adapt in parallel. You can select more than one node in the
dictionary list, add and apply filter clauses and apply to selected nodes.
Setting | Description |
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Node list
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Displays all nodes in available in the current
model, by default arranged in the order of name.
- Name — displays
name of the node.
- Type — displays the
type of node.
- Technique —
displays the technique used to construct the node.
Note: The Type and
Technique columns are seen only when the Show Detail View tool icon is pressed.
A right-click on selected node has two options:
- Filter on
Predecessors Of "NodeName" - sets filter to nodes past to the current node.
- Filter on
Successors Of "NodeName" - sets filter to nodes next to the current node.
Supplies the filter Subject as per selected option:
Predecessors of or Successors of, and the Value sets to that of the selected
Node Type.
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Node Dictionary controls taskbar
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Several of tool icons are provided to manage the
nodes and view the selected ones in the view.
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(Show Detail View) — when
depressed, displays all nodes in current model, tabulated with their Name,
Type, and Technique; sorted by names. Clicking in the column heading sorts the
list by that column. When released, displays the nodes, listing names only.
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(Select all listed Nodes) —
highlights all the nodes in the Nodes Dictionary list; the selected nodes in
view and graph are also highlighted.
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(Unselect all Nodes) — deselect
all or those were selected nodes.
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(Invert node selection) —reverses
the selection of nodes.
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(Auto Fit Selected Nodes in
Graph) -— when depressed, displays the selected node(s) in the center of graph
view.
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(Clear filter) — clears the
values set in filter criteria, also removes the additional filter clause rows,
if any.
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(Refresh from filter) — while the
filter clause is set and applied, the refresh tool refreshes the resulted nodes
as worked on them in the view.
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(Auto select filtered nodes) —
when depressed, displays the node(s) resulted by the current filter clause.
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(Previous / Next) filter —
enabled when a filter clause is applied; when selected, displays the nodes
resulted from the respective filter being applied.
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Filter settings controls
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The filter clause(s) can be set using the
combination of filter controls to display a desired node or a set of node in
the list that satisfy the filter criteria.
- And/Or — sets
logical operator for combining filter clauses; enabled when more than one
filter clause row is intended for setting filter criteria.
- Subject — sets one
of the subject from the drop-down values, among: Name, Type Technique or
Predecessors/Successors etc.
- Operator — sets one
of the operators provided in the drop-down list: is/ is not / contains / does
not contain etc., applicable for Name, Type or technique as subject.
- Value — sets the
value supplied for the given subject.
- Click here to add
filter clause — when pressed, a fresh filter row is added to extend the filter
criteria.
A right-click on existing clause rows has the
following options:
- Insert Clause -
inserts a fresh filter criteria above the current row.
- Delete Clauses -
removes the selected filter criteria row(s).
- Group Clauses -
combines the selected filter criteria rows; option is enabled when more than
one consecutive filter criteria rows were selected.
- Ungroup Clauses -
reverts the grouping of the selected filter criteria rows; option is enabled
when all the rows in a group were selected.
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