Configuration Window

In the Browser Configuration dialog you can select which columns to display in the browser, and change the way special tools, such as find twin connectors, operate.

Local Options

Show Link Rule Columns
When enabled, each link displays its reconnection rule (use ID, use name, or at fe realize) via the Rule column. The reconnect rule is set when the connector is created, and determines what the connector will automatically try to reconnect with when a part is deleted and then replaced.
  • If the new part has the same part ID as the deleted one, then use ID will automatically reconnect.
  • If the new part has the same name as the deleted one, then use name will automatically reconnect.


Figure 1.
Show Link Structure Columns
When enabled, each link displays its link state (connect to mesh or geometry) via the Structure column.


Figure 2.
Max Link Column Viewed
Regardless of how many links a connector might have, the browser will only display the specified number of columns.
Show Primary Links Only
By default, both primary and secondary links are displayed in the browser. To only display primary links, select the Show Primary link only checkbox.
By default, a node link is also displayed as a component link in the Component link view. For example, components are shown as a link when a node that belongs to an element belongs to a component, an element belongs to a component, or a surface belongs to a component.
When Show Primary Link Only is selected, the Part link view only displays real part links and the Component link view only displays real component links. Use the table below to determine which link types will be interpreted as a component or park link based on view you are using.
Automatic Filter
Filter the link entity list and the connector list simultaneously when performing a show, isolate, or find operation.
Tip: For future filtering via the Query Builder, you can reuse previous filters and combine previous filters with other attribute filters.
Consider Geometry
Consider geometry along with elements while using Show/Hide/Isolate operations.
Consider HAZ Elements
Consider HAZ elements while using Show/Hide/Isolate operations. When this option is on, and if connectors are isolated, HAZ elements are also isolated along with connectors and their links.
Available for Connector Configure browser options.
Find Twin Connectors
Select how two connectors are found:
Minimum two links
Find only the connectors that have two or more matching links.
Exact links
Find only the connectors that have the same links. For example, if you start with a connector that has two links, than another connector with three links will not be found even if its first two links matched.
Find Connectors Between With
Select how connectors between selected links are found:
Minimum two selected links
Only connectors that link to at least two selected entities will be affected. Connectors with only one link to any of the selected entities will be ignored.
Exact selected links
Only connectors that link to the selected entities will be affected. This can vary from the Minimum two selected links option, because connectors with three or more links which link two selected entities with at least one unselected entity, would still be found by the Minimum two selected links option but not by this one.
All selected links
Any connector shared by the selected entities will be found.
Note: Connectors which link selected entities to any unselected ones will not be found, as they are not located between the selected entities.
Filter Links To
Choose which links to filter when performing search/isolation functions.
Projection Components
Isolate the entire link component.
Projection Elements
Isolate only the elements on which a projection falls.
Projection and Attached Elements
Isolate only the elements on which the projection falls and the elements which the connector FE connects.

Global Options