Context menu

In the Model 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.

• Context menu
• Examine
• Hide
• Hide unselected
• Show selected and hide unselected
• Transparency
• Make others transparent
• Show through other objects
• Select geometric objects
• Locate in tree
• Show as table
• Fit clip box
• Add Smart Point
• Add markup

Examine

Enables the object examination mode. See Examine mode.

Hide

Hides the selected 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.

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.

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.)

Select geometric objects

Removes items that do not represent physical objects (groups, 3D Spaces, cable routing objects etc.) from the current selection. (Only available from the model tree.)

Locate in tree

Finds the selected object from the currently active hierarchy and shows its location in the model tree.

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.

Fit clip box

Fits the clip box to the selected objects. See also Clip box tab.

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.