Multi-Structure Manager buttons

Note

You can add buttons that are not displayed on the main toolbar by right-clicking the toolbar, choosing the Customize menu command and selecting the buttons you want to add. Once you have added buttons to the toolbars, they are displayed in future sessions. Consider adding buttons that:

• You use frequently.

• Provide a shortcut to menu commands that are not primary selections, for example, Tools→Revision Rule→Set Date/Unit/End Item....

• Show current status, for example, incremental change configuration options.

These standard buttons are located on the main toolbar at the top of the product structure pane.

Button	Purpose
	Abort	Terminates the current activity.
	Cut	Cuts the selected lines from the structure and places them on the clipboard.
	Copy	Copies the selected lines in the structure and places them on the clipboard.
	Paste	Pastes the components from the clipboard as children of the currently selected (assembly) line in the structure or into NX.
	Delete	Deletes the selected object from the database.
	Toggle in context mode	Enables and disables in context editing.
	Save	Saves changes you made to the structure since it was last saved.
	Remove	Removes the selected lines from the structure completely and does not place them on the clipboard.
	Create item	Creates a new item beneath the selected object.
	Create occurrence group	Creates a new occurrence group.
	Unpack the selected line	Unpacks the selected packed lines so that they are displayed as separate lines, one for each occurrence.
	Pack the selected line	Packs the selected lines so that all lines with the same item revision and sequence number are displayed as a single line. The actual quantity of lines appended to the node.
	View/edit note	Adds or edits the occurrence notes of the selected line.
	Edit the variant condition	Views or edits the variant condition on the selected lines.
	Save, set, and load variant rule.	Views, sets, saves, and loads the variant option values for the selected line.
	Show/hide data panel	Displays the data pane that contains the Attachments, Incremental Change Info, Variants, Viewer, Referencers, and Supersedure tabs and panes.
	Assign across BOM	When two structure panes are visible, allows you to select assemblies or components in the BOM in one pane and assign them to an assembly in the BOM tree in the other pane as its children. Once this is done, the absolute occurrences of those assigned children are shared between the two BOMs. You can search for lines that share absolute occurrences between different BOMs from any instance of the assembly or component. Note You can also right-click a selected line in the BOM and choose the Tools→Assign menu command.
	Find selected in companion panel	When you select a component in the BOM in one structure pane, allows you to search for the component in the BOM in the other structure pane. The search follows the closest match rule if it does not find an exact match.
	Send CC to NX	Sends the selected collaboration context to NX.
	Show allocation navigator panel	Opens the allocation navigator pane that lists all allocations created in the current allocation map.
	Show IC information for allocations	Shows any incremental change information that is available for the current allocation map. This is only available if incremental change is activate.
	Show/hide the second structure panel	Shows or hides the second structure pane. This button is always active.
	Show/hide the collaboration panel	Shows or hides the collaboration pane. This button is always active.
	Open or refresh GBC application	Opens the Graphical BOM Compare application or refreshes it if it is already open.
	Export to Word	Exports the contents of a selected object to Microsoft Word.

The following buttons are displayed at the bottom left corner of the navigation tree pane.

Button	Purpose
	Open a Collaboration Context By Name	Browses for and opens a specific collaboration context by name.
	Open a Structure Context By Name	Browses for and opens a specific structure context by name.
	Most Recently Used (MRU) List	Shows a list of your most recently accessed structures. If you select an entry from the list, Multi-Structure Manager loads the structure into the structure pane. You can configure the number of entries shown in the MRU list by right-clicking the button and moving the slider to the desired number.
	Open an Occurrence Group by Name	Browses for and opens a specific occurrence group by name.
	Base View Appearance Search	Performs a search based on a cache of configured product structure, permitting faster searching of the structure for components configured at a specific date or unit. The appearance cache allows you to perform spatial searches, for example, to find all components within one centimeter of a selected part. You can combine appearance searches with other queries, for example, queries for item revision master attributes, classification attributes, or occurrence notes. The appearance search is only enabled if your administrator has configured appearances.
	List Substitute Components	Adds or removes alternate components or sets the preferred alternate. This button is enabled if the selected line may have alternates, otherwise it is disabled.
	Manage Global Alternates	Shows a list of the global alternates available for the selected line. You can add alternates and select a preferred alternate. The preferred global alternate is indicated by an asterisk (*).
	Find Components in Display	Searches for matching lines (components) in the displayed product structure by entering an expression. You can search with any combination of the available properties.
	Search for BOM Components with ID In Context	Searches for absolute occurrences using the identifier assigned in the ID In Context column of the property table.

The following buttons are displayed when in allocation mode.

Button	Purpose
	List Allocation Context Revisions	Lists all revisions of the current allocation map.
	Create and Set New Allocation Context	Creates a new allocation map.
	Revise and Set a currently loaded Allocation Context Revision	Creates a new revision of the currently active allocation map.
	Search and Set existing Allocation Context	Allows you to search for any existing allocation map in the database.
	Most Recently Used Button (MRU)	Shows a list of the most recently opened allocation maps.
	Clear Allocation Context	Removes the current allocation map from the allocation navigator.
	Save Modifications to the Current Allocation Context	Saves any changes made to the current allocation map.
	Filter Allocations Based on Types	Filters displayed allocations based on type of allocation.
	Highlight Allocated Lines Automatically	Highlights the source and target occurrences, as well as the related allocation in the allocation navigator when you select any one of these.
	Clear BOMLines Selection in All Structures	Removes selection from all lines in displayed structures.

The following buttons are available on the Drafting Symbols tab if your administrator has activated it.

Button	Purpose
	Manually refreshes the editing box.
	Adds a frame around the selected characters.
	Bolds the selected text.
	Italicizes the selected text.
	Underlines the selected text.
	Sets the color of the selected text.
	Decreases the size of the selected text.
	Increases the size of the selected text.
	Subscripts the selected text.
	Superscripts the selected text.
	Aligns the selected text.
	Center aligns the selected text.
	Right-aligns the selected text.
	Inserts the text you typed in the two boxes to the left of this button.
	Inserts a control frame around the selected characters.