Project Browser Window

The Project Browser Window is located on the upper left side of the application window. It contains a browser tree that displays the designs and diagrams that exist for the project that is open.

Note

You can hide the various browser windows by selecting the View menu option and unchecking the Browser Area box. To display the browser windows again, select the View menu option and check the Browse Window box.

To

expand the browser tree (Project Browser Window)

Click the right-pointing flipper by the project folder or design folder that you want to expand. Alternatively, double-click the name of the project or the name of the design.

To expand all sub-folders under a folder, right-click on the folder and select the Expand Completely option from the pop-up menu.

The project folder contains folders for designs. Design folders contain the design revision and diagrams for the design revision.

You can collapse a section of the browser tree by clicking a downward-pointing flipper . Alternatively, you can double-click the name of the project or the name of a design.

To collapse a section of the browser tree (Project Browser Window)

Click the downward-pointing flipper or double-click the folder name at the top of the section. Alternatively, right-click on the folder and select the Collapse option from the pop-up menu.

To display an open project in the Project Browser Window and open a Diagram Window

1. Click the Open Project Selector that is located at the top right of the Project Browser Window.

2. A drop-down list displays the names of open projects. Click the name of the project that you want to display in the Diagram Window.

3. The existing designs and diagrams for the project are displayed in the Project Browser Window and any open diagrams for the project are displayed in Diagram Windows on the right-hand side of the application window.

To filter the listed designs

Use the following controls:

• Enter Filter String () / Clear Filter String () In the Enter Filter String () field, enter a series of characters, for example, Engine. A filter is applied to the Project browser tree so that only designs with names containing that series of characters are listed. The behavior of the filter varies depending on such things as whether you use wildcards and the case (upper or lower) of the specified characters. See “Browser Tab and Dialog Box Filters” in the Capital Design Tools - Common Functions User Guide for further information. Click the Clear Filter String icon () to clear the filter and view all designs in the project.

• Design Filter () Click the dropdown list to filter the designs displayed in the Project browser tree window to those of a particular type, all designs in the project or all designs in the currently active build list. Show All Designs ()

Show all designs (active build list) ()

Show all designs (no active build list) ()

Show only function designs

Show designs and build lists in the working set .

To open a Diagram Window for an existing diagram

Double-click the diagram name in the browser tree in the Project Browser Window.

To close a project

Click the Close Project button at the top left of the Project Browser Window.

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Capital Systems Modeler User Guide, 2512.2606

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