OpenBuildings™ Station Designer Help

(Technology Preview) Components Center Explorer Dialog

Used to display the components available in your organization's repository as well as those delivered by Bentley, and place the selected component as a cell.

You can open this dialog from the following:



  • Ribbon: Drawing > Content > Components Center > Place Component
  • Ribbon: Modeling > Content > Components Center > Place Component
SettingDescription
Bentley Systems (radio button) If selected, displays components delivered by Bentley.
My Organization (radio button) If selected, displays components available for your organization.
Search Searches by the component name.
Refresh Refreshes the components list displayed in the dialog.
Show/Hide Details button Shows or hides the Details panel which displays the following information:
  • Properties - Displays the properties associated with the selected component.
  • Documents - Displays additional documents that are attached while publishing the component. You can download the documents by clicking the Save As button.
  • Variation's Properties - Displays the name and description of the variation, if any.
Filter by Allows you to filter the components based on different criteria such as Catalogs, Category, Manufacturer, Application and State.
Note: Only components in the Published state can be placed in a design.
Variations

Displays the variations (if any) of the selected components.

  • Select All - Allows you to select all the available variations in the list.
  • Unselect All - Allows you to deselect all the selected variations in the list.
Page Size Displays the set number of components displayed in the list. You can set this value to 20, 50 or 100.
Place Starts the Place Parametric Cell or Place Active Cell tool to place the selected component as a cell.
Note: The available states of components in the Components Center are Draft, Checked, Approved, Published and Archived. Only components in the Published state can be placed in a DGN. The state of a component can be changed by any user with Approve permission in the Components Center portal.