MicroStation CONNECT Edition Help

Explorer Settings Dialog

Used to set different options for the Explorer dialog.

You can access this dialog from the following:

  • Ribbon: File > Settings > User > Explorer Settings
  • Toolbox: right-click the Explorer icon in the Primary Tools toolbox and select Settings
SettingDescription
File This tab has following settings:
  • Visible — Allows you to set the visibility of File tab in the Explorer dialog. You can show/hide the File tab by selecting Yes or No.
  • Display — Allows you to select type of nodes that would be displayed in Explorer dialog File tab. You can show/hide the nodes by selecting Yes or No.
Items This tab has following settings:
  • Visible — Allows you to set the visibility of Items tab in Explorer dialog. You can show/hide the Items tab by selecting Yes or No.
  • Group By Relationship Type — If set to Yes, groups the items as per their relationship type.
  • Group by Related Item Type - If set to Yes, items are grouped by related item types.
Resources This tab has following settings:
  • Visible — Allows you to set the visibility of Resources tab in Explorer dialog. You can show/hide the Resources tab by selecting Yes or No.
Sheet Index Visible - Allows you to set the visibility of Sheet Index tab in Explorer dialog. You can show/hide the Sheet Index tab by selecting Yes or No.
Links This tab has following settings:
  • Visible — Allows you to set the visibility of Links tab in Explorer dialog. You can show/hide the Links tab by selecting Yes or No.
Display Settings This tab has following settings:
  • Zoom factor — Default magnification when the view is activated.
  • Apply only to active view — Determines if the zoom factor is to be applied only to the active view.
  • Include item groups — If set to Yes, the display includes all the items in the selected item type when zooming.
  • Include related items — If set to Yes, activates the options to determine the nesting depth when zooming related items.
  • Select item groups — If set to Yes, activates the options to select item groups when node is selected.
  • Select related items — If set to Yes, activates the options to select related item groups when node is selected.
Dialog Properties This tab has following settings:
  • Browse Layout — Selects how the layout of the Explorer is displayed. Select Tab to display tabs or select Group Panel to display tabs as group of panels. Default setting is Group Panel.
  • Properties Dialog Components — Defines the components that will be displayed in the Properties Dialog.
Key-in: EXPLORER SETTINGS