Context menu
On the Model tab and in the 3D view, you can perform a number of actions from the right-click menu. Some of the commands can be used on a single entity or multiple entities, while some are only available when a single entity is selected.
Examine
Enables the object examination mode. See Examine mode.
Select geometric objects
Removes items that do not represent physical objects (groups, 3D Spaces, cable routing objects etc.) from the current selection.
Hide
Hides the selected objects.
To make hidden objects visible again, see Selecting objects and changing their visibility.
Show selected and hide unselected
Shows the selected objects and hides all unselected objects.
To make hidden objects visible again, see Selecting objects and changing their visibility.
Hide unselected
Hides all unselected objects.
To make hidden objects visible again, see Selecting objects and changing their visibility.
Transparency
Sets the selected objects to be transparent. You can also set this property via script interface by using the method for that purpose.
The model viewer also supports transparent materials that are defined in the COS configuration object.
Make others transparent
Makes all other visible objects transparent except the selected objects.
Show through other objects
Shows the outlines of the selected objects through other objects such as walls. (Only available from the model tree.)
Goto near point
You can set the camera location near the selected object.
Locate in tree
Finds the selected object from the currently active hierarchy and shows its location in the model tree.
Fit clip box
Fits the clip box to the selected objects. See also Clip box tab.
Show with surroundings
Crops the model so that it only shows the selected objects and objects that are close to the selected objects.
Check for collisions
Allows running a collision check for the selected objects. See Performing collision checks with default settings for details.
Show as table
Allows viewing the selected branch of the model tree as a table, displaying attributes that are used to form the tree as columns.
The command is disabled if the selected hierarchy is based on associations instead of tags. See Viewing model tree as a table.
Add Smart Point
Allows adding a new Smart Point to the current cursor location, as described in Smart Points.
Note: If the option is disabled, project administrator has not defined any Smart Point Types for this project.
Add markup
Allows adding a new markup to the current cursor location. See Markups.