Design History Dialog
Used to track and view the incremental changes made to all models in a file, as well as changes to attached references. In addition, you can restore a model to a prior state. This state can be controlled by a combination of Redo and Undo commands, a combination of prior selected (or unselected) states, and with a fence. Changes also can be tracked down to the element level. Pending changes are seen by clicking the "Recent" description.
For more information on working with design history, see Restoring Recorded Changes and Using Design History in Projects.
Setting | Description |
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Commit changes as a revision to design history | Opens the Commit changes dialog, which allows you to commit the changes and record a description of them. |
Use color-coding to show changes |
Lets you display or hide elements added (in green), deleted
(in red), or modified (in blue) in the selected revision.
Note: The
MS_DESIGN_HISTORY_COLORS
configuration variable can be used to change the design history display
colors.
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Show elements that were added | (Available only if Use color-coding to show changes is on) Displays, in green, the elements added in the selected revision. |
Show elements that were deleted | (Available only if Use color-coding to show changes is on) Displays, in red, the elements deleted in the selected revision. |
Show elements that were modified | (Available only if Use color-coding to show changes is on) Displays, in blue, the elements modified in the revision. |
Show elements before they were modified | (Available only if Use color-coding to show changes is on) Displays, in cyan, the elements in the selected revision as they appeared before they were modified. |
List Filter |
Lists the revisions according to selected criteria. Search
options include: by revision, by file, by date, by author, by description, and
by tag.
Searches with dates and times are handled as follows:
The comparison operators > , >=, <, <=, and != are also supported in date/time expressions. Thus: |
Isolate history by fence or selection | Shows the history of the selected elements. |
Undo selected historic changes | Undoes the selected changes. |
Redo selected historic changes | Redoes the selected changes. |
Fit View | Zooms to the selected changes. Clicking this view control will switch models, if necessary, so that you can see the selected elements or revisions. |
Show elements changed in selected revisions | Selects the elements that have changed according to the color coding indicated above. Opens the Element Changes dialog. |
Revision Properties |
Opens the
Revision Properties dialog, which allows you to view and
change the author and description if the
MS_DESIGN_HISTORY configuration
variable is set to allow this.
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List box | Contents of the list box include:
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Pop-up menu | Right-clicking a revision in the list box presents a
list of actions that you can perform.
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