Panes

Select this option to temporarily color objects in drawing views based on the statuses enabled in the Visualization control and Change control sections.

When this option is not selected, or when objects do not match any enabled statuses, objects are colored according to the Color Style settings of the drawing views.

Visualization control

Use these controls to review and modify which model objects appear in published documents.

When Use status colors for visualization and change control is enabled, selecting a visualization control status applies the corresponding status color to objects in drawing views.

Select this option to show objects that are drawn as opaque in published documents. When status colors are enabled, these objects are shown in green.

You can define opaque objects with content rules or ad-hoc sets:

• Select Manage Set > Pick to content rule to add objects to a content rule that displays them as opaque in selected drawing views.

• Select Manage Set > Pick to ad-hoc set to add objects to an ad-hoc set that displays them as opaque in selected drawing views. This set will be removed if the drawing views must be completely regenerated.

Starting to add objects to a rule or ad-hoc set opens the Select Target Views dialog.

Select this option to show objects that are not drawn in published documents. When status colors are enabled, these objects are shown in blue.

You can define nonvisualized objects with content rules or ad-hoc sets:

• Select Manage Set > Pick to content rule to add objects to a content rule that hides the objects in selected drawing views.

• Select Manage Set > Pick to ad-hoc set to add objects to an ad-hoc set that hides the objects in selected drawing views. This set will be removed if the drawing views must be completely regenerated.

Starting to add objects to a rule or ad-hoc set opens the Select Target Views dialog.

Select this option to show objects that are drawn as transparent in published documents. When status colors are enabled, these objects are shown in yellow.

You can define transparent objects with content rules or ad-hoc sets:

• Select Manage Set > Pick to transparency rule to add objects to a content rule that displays the objects as transparent in selected drawing views.

• Select Manage Set > Make transparent as ad-hoc set to add objects to an ad-hoc set that displays the objects as transparent in selected drawing views. This set will be removed if the drawing views must be completely regenerated.

• Select Manage Set > Make opaque as ad-hoc set to add objects to an ad-hoc set that displays the objects as opaque in selected drawing views. This set will be removed if the drawing views must be completely regenerated.

Starting to add objects to a rule or ad-hoc set opens the Select Target Views dialog.

Change control

Use these controls to see which of the displayed model objects are either changed or new, and how many of them there are, counted from the last time you saved the state.

When Use status colors for visualization and change control is enabled, selecting a change control status applies the corresponding status color to objects in drawing views.

Change control colors override visualization control colors.

Select this to clear the current record of changed and new objects. Saving the state sets the Changed and New status counts to 0, and the document starts to track changes that occur in the model area from that moment onward.

When Utilize change control (default settings & reminders) is enabled in the document's Settings, you are prompted to save the state of all pages in the document when you save the document or exit the document editor as described in File menu.

Note: The change control record is included in the document files. Canceling the changes to the document also cancels the Save State actions.

Select this option when Use status colors… is enabled to display in purple those objects that have been either modified or moved within these drawing views after the last saved state.

Select this option when Use status colors… is enabled to display in orange those objects that have been either created within or moved into the area of these drawing views after the last saved state.

Select this to remove all new objects from all drawing views. This is equivalent to manually defining them as nonvisualized in the content rule.

Views on current page

This pane lists the drawing views in the active document and shows whether each view has a content rule, transparency rule, or hidden lines. Select drawing views from the list to manage them using the following commands.

Select this to create a Content Rule for the selected drawing views.

A content rule is a query-based filter that defines which objects are shown in a given view. The query can specify, for example, that only piping objects and equipment are shown in the view. Content rules can be created for work views and drawing views.

Select this to create a Transparency Rule for the selected drawing views.

A transparency rule is a query-based filter that defines which objects are shown as transparent in a given drawing view. The query can specify, for example, that Hull objects are shown as transparent.

Select the view to use for picking the objects whose visibility you want to change.

Select the drawing views to which to apply the visibility change.